Arkansas medical groups urge Trump administration to grant 2-year reprieve for Medicaid expansion

By: Tess Vrbin

Outlets: Arkansas Advocate

Published: August 20, 2026

Words: 494

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 5 days ago

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Dozens of healthcare providers and organizations urged the federal government Wednesday to grant Arkansas officials’ request for two years to come up with a new Medicaid expansion model.

The federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services verbally denied a five-year extension of the Arkansas Health and Opportunity for Me, or ARHOME. The Department of Human Services has not yet received a formal notification of the denial, nor …

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