By Andrew DeMillo | Editor-in-Chief
Good morning, Advocate readers! Another major change is coming to Arkansas’ Medicaid expansion, with health insurer Centene planning to leave the program next year. And election officials are poring through thousands of signatures to determine whether a proposal to strengthen Arkansas’ initiative process will go on the November ballot. You can find more Arkansas politics and government news at the Advocate site here.
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GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
By Tess Vrbin
Centene Corp., the parent company of multiple Arkansas health insurance plans, will stop participating in the state’s Medicaid expansion program next year, the Department of Human Services confirmed Monday.
Dr. Mehmet Oz, administrator of the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, speaks at the Department of Health and Human Services in Washington, D.C., in December. CMS last month released guidance on how states should implement new Medicaid work requirements. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
By Stateline
State Medicaid agencies are concerned that many sick and disabled enrollees will lose their coverage because the Trump administration is narrowing the definition of who is “medically frail” enough to get an exemption from new work requirements.
Protestors sign petitions at the No Kings March in Little Rock, Arkansas on Saturday, March 28, 2026 (Photo by Katie Adkins/Arkansas Advocate).
GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
By Andrew DeMillo and Antoinette Grajeda
Arkansas officials are reviewing thousands of signatures submitted in favor of a proposal to preserve the state’s initiative and referendum process to determine if it’ll qualify for the November ballot
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