Praise for Food Stamp Work Requirement
Arkansas is a national leader when it comes to work requirements for its public assistance programs. The main focus is usually on its...
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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 18, 20193 min read
Big Benefits from Moving Medicaid Recipients to Work
Arkansas is a pioneer when it comes to Medicaid work requirements. As with anyone who is among the first to do something, implementation...
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Marc Kilmer
Jan 16, 20193 min read
John Brummett Doesn’t Understand Taxes
Arkansas Democrat Gazette columnist John Brummett really misunderstands taxes – or at least he misunderstand conservative beliefs...
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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
Jan 18, 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
Mar 16, 20153 min read
A Magic Obamacare Waiver?
What would you think about a federal waiver that would get rid of many Obamacare state mandates in return for giving that state the...
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Caleb Taylor
Jan 12, 20152 min read
Arkansas 21st in Reliance on Federal Aid
Arkansas has a slightly below-average reliance on federal aid, according to a recent study by the Tax Foundation. From the Tax...
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Marc Kilmer
Dec 12, 20143 min read
If the Feds Like Their Exchange, They Can Keep It
In a classic Christmas film, a wise man once said that enrollment in the jelly of the month club was “ the gift that keeps on giving the...
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Daniel Greenberg
Aug 13, 20141 min read
The Latest “Private Option” Broken Promise: Counterfeit Medical Savings Accounts
Less than a week after Nic Horton left the Arkansas Project, he’s back on our site! Well, sort of. Horton is now affiliated with...
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Nic Horton
Aug 8, 20143 min read
Signing Off
I can’t tell you the number of times that, over the last two and a half years, I’ve told someone, “I have the best job in the world.” And...
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Nic Horton
Jul 30, 20144 min read
Arkansas Has A New Chance To Fight Obamacare. Will We Take It?
Yesterday, I wrote about the steps Arkansas is taking to set up a state-based Obamacare exchange. The Halbig decision presents a huge...
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Nic Horton
Jul 23, 20144 min read
Sick Child Denied Treatment As State Spends Billions On Able-Bodied Adults
A new report released last week details how Medicaid expansion will harm the most needy Americans. Because of the perverse funding...
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Nic Horton
Jul 17, 20142 min read
Who’s On The Obamacare Chopping Block? The Truly Needy
A new report from the Foundation of Government Accountability paints a dire fiscal picture for Arkansas taxpayers in the coming years. ...
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Nic Horton
Jul 15, 20142 min read
Breaking: Beebe Admin 'Increasingly Concerned' That Obamacare Critics Don't Like Obam
A new report at Forbes this morning reveals some troubling facts about how Arkansas Governor Mike Beebe’s staff is spending its time. In...
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Nic Horton
Jul 10, 20142 min read
New Poll: It’s Over for Arkansas Obamacare
Yesterday, Impact Management released a new poll showing Congressman Tom Cotton leading Senator Mark Pryor 47-43% in the race for U.S....
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Nic Horton
Jul 9, 20142 min read
Report: $14.4 Billion In Fraudulent Medicaid Payments Last Year
A new report from the Government Accountability Office reveals that federal taxpayers financed $14.4 billion in “improper payments” last...
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Nic Horton
Jul 2, 20142 min read
The Greatest Political Contest in 2014: Who Can Be Most Offended?
In 2014, the most powerful thing you can do in politics is be “offended” or “outraged.” It’s a tool that campaigns and politicians — on...
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Nic Horton
Jul 2, 20143 min read
As Only Southern State To Expand Obamacare, Is Arkansas Becoming A Medicaid Magnet?
The New York Times recently published this stunning report. It details how residents of Texarkana, TX are considering moving across the...
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Nic Horton
Jun 25, 20145 min read
Which Candidate For U.S. Senate Wants To Kill The Death Tax The Most?
Of all the taxes that government imposes, perhaps none is more offensive than the federal Estate Tax, commonly referred to as the “Death...
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