Payday: ‘Private Option’ Supporters Getting Thousands From Taxpayers
A design idea for the coming Obamacare buses. If you watch TV, listen to the radio, or use the internet in Arkansas, chances are pretty...
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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.
Nic Horton
Jul 18, 20135 min read
Unsolved Mysteries of the Legislature: How Republicans Learned to Stop Worrying and Embrace Obamacar
Reps. Biviano, Burris, and others look on as Governor Beebe signs Medicaid expansion. Shortly after my interview with Rep. Mark Biviano...
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Nic Horton
Jul 11, 20136 min read
Why Did Arkansas Implement a State Obamacare Exchange?
In my opinion, Arkansas Republicans’ greatest legislative achievement in 2011 (the last legislative session in which they were still a...
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Nic Horton
Jul 9, 20133 min read
Senator King: Beebe Should Call Special Session For Medicaid Expansion Repeal
State Senator Bryan King has just put out the following statement regarding Obamacare implementation and Medicaid expansion in the state....
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Nic Horton
Jul 8, 20132 min read
What’s the Most Hilariously Shocking Story of the Day?
There are just so many hilariously awful news stories out in the last few days. Like, for instance, the revelation that the Obama...
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Nic Horton
Jul 3, 20134 min read
Sometimes Foresight Is 20/20
Last night’s last-minute announcement about the delay in implementing Obamacare’s employer mandate is not just today’s front-page news —...
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Nic Horton
Jul 2, 20135 min read
Hot Air: Beebe and Nordex Fail to Keep Lofty Promises, Taxpayers Left Holding the Bag
Less than five years ago, the possibilities seemed endless. Nordex USA had just announced its intention to move to Arkansas and create...
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Nic Horton
Jun 28, 20133 min read
Dustin McDaniel: Tough on Coffee Cups
Allegedly humorous coffee cup (LEFT), humorless Attorney General McDaniel (RIGHT). Which is more offensive? You decide. Here at The...
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Nic Horton
Jun 27, 20133 min read
Congressman Cotton: Cut From A Different Cloth
Yesterday, Arkansas Congressman Tom Cotton penned an op-ed in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette that outlined his opposition to the recent...
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Nic Horton
Jun 20, 20134 min read
Mike Beebe: Budgetary Brainiac or Bozo?
Governor Beebe’s speech about Medicaid expansion earlier this week received a remarkable headline from the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette:...
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Daniel Greenberg
Jun 12, 20132 min read
The Impending Collapse of the Private Option
You’ll probably remember that the “private option” – the Medicaid expansion that our legislature approved at the end of the session – was...
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Nic Horton
May 17, 20132 min read
The Warring Messages of the Private Option
Leading proponents of the “private” option jumping out of a burning building. At the Saline County TEA Party meeting last week, Rep. Andy...
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Nic Horton
May 14, 20132 min read
On the Arkansas Times, Part II
David Ramsey of the Arkansas Times regularly distinguished himself this session with his thorough coverage of the debate over Medicaid...
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Nic Horton
May 2, 20133 min read
The Health Care Boondoggle: Medicaid Doesn’t Improve Health Outcomes
Any government program is, by definition, a failure — unless it improves peoples’ lives. Some conservatives think that improving people’s...
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Nic Horton
Apr 20, 20131 min read
Legislature Expands Medicaid, Spurs Arkansas Project Response
Today, I have issued the following statement: On behalf of The Arkansas Project, the Advance Arkansas Institute, and the advocates of...
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Nic Horton
Apr 16, 20131 min read
VIDEO: Greenberg, Roy Speak at Benton Medicaid Town Hall
Here is some video I grabbed from the Medicaid town hall meeting in Benton last night. Two videos of Advance Arkansas Institute President...
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Nic Horton
Apr 15, 20132 min read
The Legislature’s Plan to Lock Arkansans Into Poverty
The thinkers at Advance Arkansas Institute have released a new paper entitled, “How Medicaid Expansion (and the “Private Option”) Will...
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Nic Horton
Apr 14, 20132 min read
Wow, Senator Rapert, That Was A Quick Three Weeks!
Before last year’s election, Senator Rapert said expanding Medicaid would turn Arkansas into a “candy land” of entitlements. Less than a...
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Nic Horton
Apr 5, 20132 min read
“Private Option” Clears First Hurdle in Senate, But Fight Is Just Beginning
This morning, by a vote of 24-9, the Senate passed SB1020 or the “private option” version of Medicaid expansion. Two members did not...
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Nic Horton
Apr 4, 20131 min read
AFP on Medicaid: ‘Take Time To Get It Right’
Our friends at AFP-Arkansas have released a new ad against the Medicaid “private option.” You should take 30 seconds to watch it because,...
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Nic Horton
Apr 3, 20135 min read
Speaker Carter: ‘We Have Always Been at War with Eastasia’
Yesterday afternoon, in an act of courage, Congressman Rick Crawford released a stellar press release condemning the “private option” or...
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Nic Horton
Mar 15, 20133 min read
Representative Alexander Makes The Case for Milk Freedom
I wrote yesterday about Representative Randy Alexander’s bill to legalize the sale of lacteal secretion, more commonly known as raw cow...
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Nic Horton
Mar 11, 20133 min read
Arkansas Taxpayers Find Relief In Act 312
HB1187 is now Act 312 after being signed into law by Governor Beebe today. The new law prohibits the use of public funds by a public...
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Nic Horton
Mar 7, 20137 min read
Legislative Free Fall: Are Taxpayers Getting The Shaft?
Representative Kelley Linck has filed a bill, HB1538, that will exempt the Capitol Hill apartment building from certain aspects of...
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