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The Arkansas Project was launched in 2008 as a source for incisive commentary and reporting on Arkansas government, politics, media and more. In 2011, The Arkansas Project became an affiliate of the Advance Arkansas Institute. The Arkansas Project supplied daily commentary until 2019, but is now largely inactive.
David Kinkade was the chief writer and the editor of The Arkansas Project until 2011. After the site became affiliated with the Advance Arkansas Institute, Dan Greenberg was editor of The Arkansas Project until it became inactive in 2019. During that eight-year period, the writers for the site included Nic Horton, Marc Kilmer, and Caleb Taylor.
Marc Kilmer
Jan 9, 20192 min read
An Easy Way to Give Arkansans Wider Access to Health Care
It would be difficult to find a politician for state or federal office who doesn’t talk about improving health care. In many cases, the...
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Marc Kilmer
Dec 20, 20182 min read
More Evidence for Medicaid Work Requirements
After years of disagreement, and a change of direction at the federal level, Arkansas finally has a work requirement for a portion of its...
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Marc Kilmer
Nov 16, 20182 min read
Obamacare is Failing
Why do people say that Obamacare won on Election Day? One reason is that three conservative states expanded Medicaid to conform to what...
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Marc Kilmer
Nov 14, 20183 min read
A Plan to Improve Health Care?
I think most people would agree that, regardless of where you stand on the Affordable Care Act (“Obamacare”), the U.S. health care system...
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Marc Kilmer
Oct 5, 20182 min read
Work Requirement is Working
If you are an able-bodied Arkansan on Medicaid, should you work or be looking for work? In Arkansas, the answer is “yes,” at least for a...
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Marc Kilmer
Sep 12, 20182 min read
The Case for Work Requirements
The work requirement for some Arkansas Medicaid recipients is in the news. Not surprisingly, there is still controversy about it. There...
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Marc Kilmer
Aug 21, 20182 min read
Learning from Arizona’s Medicaid Expansion
Whether it was called the “Private Option” or “Arkansas Works,” TAP has always pointed out the problems that would come with expanding...
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Marc Kilmer
May 11, 20183 min read
Democrats Supporting Socialized Medicine in the 2nd
There’s a race to the left in the Democratic Second Congressional District primary. Among other things, three of the candidates are...
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Marc Kilmer
Mar 6, 20182 min read
Medicaid Work Requirement Gets Green Light
Governor Asa Hutchinson scored a big win yesterday when the Trump Administration approved state plans to impose a work requirement on its...
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Marc Kilmer
Jan 23, 20183 min read
Medicaid Expansion Proving Costly
Governor Asa Hutchinson announced his budget for the upcoming fiscal year. Surprise! Medicaid is going to cost a lot more next year than...
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Marc Kilmer
Jan 17, 20182 min read
Medicaid Work Requirement Likely Coming to Arkansas
Governor Hutchinson has made it clear that he wants a work requirement for able-bodied Medicaid recipients. It appears that President...
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Marc Kilmer
Jan 2, 20182 min read
Cotton Helps Kill the Individual Mandate
The mandate that you must buy health insurance or face a hefty penalty is dead. Whether you think this is a good idea or a bad idea, you...
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Marc Kilmer
Nov 15, 20172 min read
Tax Bill May Repeal Obamacare Mandate
Senator Tom Cotton is a long-time foe of Obamacare’s mandate — the mandate that requires everyone to purchase health insurance (also...
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Caleb Taylor
Oct 26, 20171 min read
Judge: No Need For Restart Of O’Care Cost-Sharing Payments
The Trump administration doesn’t have to restart subsidies for insurance companies created during the Obama administration, according to...
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Caleb Taylor
Oct 19, 20171 min read
Sen. Cotton Introduces Individual Mandate Fix
Sen. Tom Cotton earlier this week introduced legislation that would repeal the individual mandate under Obamacare for many Americans....
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Caleb Taylor
Oct 16, 20173 min read
Trump Deals Another Blow To O’Care
President Donald Trump dealt another blow to Obamacare last week by discontinuing cost-sharing subsidies to insurance companies. These...
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Caleb Taylor
Oct 13, 20172 min read
Poor and Middle-Income Arkansans Pay Most For O’Care Penalty
Most Arkansas households paying the Obamacare penalty earn less than $50,000 annually, according to new Internal Revenue Service data....
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Caleb Taylor
Oct 12, 20172 min read
Trump Improves Healthcare Choice Through EO
Despite past failures on Obamacare reform in Congress, President Donald Trump today outlined several ways he’d be easing the law’s...
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Caleb Taylor
Sep 29, 20172 min read
Study: O’Care Coverage For LR Residents “Unaffordable” in ‘18
Obamacare coverage will likely be unaffordable — by the law’s own definition — for many middle income families in Little Rock in 2018....
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Caleb Taylor
Sep 27, 20172 min read
Former Gov. Beebe Reappears To Save O’Care
Former Gov. Mike Beebe reappeared earlier this week in an attempt to save Medicaid expansion in Arkansas — which was implemented through...
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Marc Kilmer
Sep 25, 20173 min read
Medicaid's New $3 Million Liability
Last month, Arkansas Medicaid agreed to repay the federal government $3 million in compensation — due to mistakes in health care...
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Caleb Taylor
Sep 22, 20172 min read
O’Care Repeal McCain’t Happening
Earlier this week, we wrote about the newest version of Obamacare reform — the Graham-Cassidy legislation that is likely to come before...
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Caleb Taylor
Sep 20, 20172 min read
Ark. Governor, Senators Finally Agree On O’Care ‘Repeal’
It’s taken approximately half a year of trying, but has the Senate finally found an Obamacare repeal and replace bill they can pass? The...
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Caleb Taylor
Aug 30, 20172 min read
Poll: Majority Support Medicaid Work Requirements
A majority of Americans support requiring Medicaid enrollees to have a job in order to be eligible for the program, according to a recent...
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