June 6, 2016
Arkansas officials say they want the state to take responsibility for its health insurance exchange for individuals but continue enrolling them in coverage through the federal system’s mechanisms. Gov. Asa Hutchinson’s spokesman J.R. Davis told the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette that having …
December 3, 2015
Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson has replaced the chairman and one other member of a state board that establishes health insurance exchanges for small-business employees and individual consumers. The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reported that the governor removed Chris Parker, an attorney who …
February 20, 2015
Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Feb. 18 proposed tapping more than $33 million in state reserve funds — including $31 million from the insurance department’s reserve fund — to ease a backlog of state inmates at county jails by opening …