Arkansas Medicaid: The Medicaid Project, Arkansas Medicaid Eligibility, Help, Assistance

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Arkansas Medicare: Medicare assistance and Arkansas Medicare help Were you looking for Arkansas Medicare instead of Arkansas Medicaid? This link provides a directory of Medicare web sites, articles, publications, brochures

Arkansas Medicaid Eligibility; How to get Medicaid in Arkansas

Medicaid brochure or publication:
(Arkansas) Medicaid Eligibility
source:Arkansas Department of Health & Human Services
19 pp;
"...Basic eligibility requirements for Medicaid are as follows:..."

Medicaid brochure or publication:
ARKANSAS MEDICAID FACTS

source:AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS
file size: 43pg. languages: English
In general,Arkansas children who. are in families of four with incomes below $38700 are eligible for Medicaid. This income eligibility data include Medicaid ...

Arkansas Medicaid Help & Publications, Arkansas Public Health Insurance, Health Care

Information from varied resources about Medicaid in Arkansas

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Medicaid brochure or publication:
Your Medicare Rights and Protections

source: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
44pp languages: English
Fairly detailed explanations and descriptions about your Medicare rights and protections.

Medicaid web page:
Arkansas Medicaid Consumer Information

source:Welcome to Arkansas Medicaid
languages: English
"...The Consumer information section of this Web site is a guide to applying for and using Medicaid benefits in Arkansas. Navigate this section using the links on the left...."

Medicaid web page:
ARKids First

languages: English
ARKids First health insurance provides coverage for more than 70,000 Arkansas children

Medicaid brochure or publication:
Medicaid At-a-Glance 2005

source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
file size: 12 pg. languages: English
A brief explanation of the Medicaid program.

Medicaid brochure or publication:
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services in Medicaid and SCHIP in Arkansas

source: US Dep't of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
file size: 6 pg. languages: English
"As of July 2003, 557,074 people were covered under Arkansas’s Medicaid programs. In state fiscal year 2003, Arkansas spent $2.46 billion to provide Medicaid services. As of July 2003, Arkansas no longer operates a SCHIP program.... "

Medicaid web page:
Arkansas & United States State Medicaid Fact Sheets

source:Kaiser Family Foundation
file size: 1 pg. languages: English

Medicaid brochure or publication:
A Consumer's Guide to Getting and Keeping Health Insurance in Arkansas

source:healthinsuranceinfo.net
file size: 42pg. languages: English
from GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY HEALTH POLICY INSTITUTE. As a resident of Arkansas, you have rights under federal and state law that will protect you when you seek to buy, keep, or switch your health insurance, even if you have a serious health condition. This guide describes your protections as a resident of Arkansas.

topics:Children's Medicaid, Children's Health Insurance format: brochure or publication:
Guide to Finding Health Insurance Coverage - Arkansas

source:Families USA
8 pages; languages: English
from the brochure or publication: "Are you uninsured? You are not alone. Millions of Americans are without health insurance. Some lost their insurance when they lost their jobs. Others work hard, but their jobs don’t provide health insurance benefits. Whatever the reason, finding health insurance can be difficult.... "

topics:Children's Medicaid, Children's Health Insurance format: brochure or publication:
Medicaid Cuts Are Bad Medicine - Arkansas

source:Families USA
2 pages; languages: English
from the brochure or publication: "Medicaid Is a Boon to Arkansas’s Economy In 2005, Arkansas will spend more than $3.1 billion on Medicaid. Of this, the federal government will contribute more than $2.3 billion.1 This $3.1 billion dollar investment will give Arkansas’s economy a shot in the arm—stimulating state business activity and creating new jobs. Because Medicaid spending has an economic multiplier effect, each $1 million that Arkansas invests in Medicaid results in nearly $5.5 million in new business activity and more than 61 newly created jobs.... "

topics:Children's Medicaid, Children's Health Insurance format: brochure or publication:
Arkansas MEDICAID FACTS

source:National Association of Children's Hospitals and Related Institutions
languages: English
from the brochure or publication:"The Medicaid program provides health insurance for about 379,000 low-income children in Arkansas..."

Medicaid web page:
Arkansas Public Health Insurance for Parents

source:National Center for Children in Poverty
languages: English
"Parents have access to public health insurance coverage primarily through plans that target “families”, with significant variation by state in the types of plans that are available and in the eligibility criteria that parents must meet. Most family plans are funded through Medicaid, but a handful of states have waivers to use State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) funds to cover parents..."

more from National Center for Children in Poverty:
Medicaid web page:
Arkansas Demographics of Low-Income Children
languages: English
"Research suggests that, on average, families need an income of about twice the federal poverty level to meet their most basic needs. Children living in families with incomes below this level—$40,000 for a family of four in 2006—are referred to as low income..."

The Medicaid Project

The Medicaid Project a consumer's guide to Federal and state medicaid Information resources topics: Arkansas Medicaid Medicare, supplement insurance, medical coverage, medicaid inpatient, centers for Medicaid; Medicaid In Arkansas; Medicaid Assistance, information Click here for Medicaid general topics not particular to this state; Medicaid News, medicaid help
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Arkansas Medicaid, Arkansas Public Health Insurance Programs Directory of Medicaid Help & Information, Medicaid In Arkansas, Medicaid assistance Finding the right answers and information about a complicated topic like Medicaid can mean searching through hundreds of pages at government and private websites. To help seniors and caregivers get started in their search, our editors have compiled this digest of Arkansas Medicaid help and information resources.

topics: Arkansas Medicaid Medicare, supplement insurance, medical coverage, medicaid inpatient, centers for Medicaid; Medicaid In Arkansas; Medicaid Assistance, information

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