Arkansas health plan to be approved

CMS is expected to approve a "innovative" healthcare proposal that would extend limited benefits to about 80,000 people in Arkansas. The plan, which is expected to serve as a model for other states, will loosen Medicaid eligibility requirements to allow some low-income workers to participate in the program. In return, recipients will be eligible for a "scaled-down" set of benefits. Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee (R) is expected to run for the presidency in 2008 on a healthcare platform.

- see this article from The New York Times

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