A weekly alternative newspaper based in Little Rock, Arkansas, is a publication that has circulated for nearly 40 years, originally as a magazine
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Blog PostDisabled Medicaid recipients ask judge to block DHS emergency rule on home care hours
Benjamin HardyArkansas Times
May 18, 2018
The state agency says the emergency rule is necessary for it to serve beneficiaries. A brief for the plaintiffs calls that argument from DHS "alarmist claptrap."
News Story
Judge orders DHS to stop using algorithm for home care hours; DHS says services won’t be disrupted
Benjamin HardyArkansas Times
May 14, 2018
The decision is a victory for advocates of the disabled, including Legal Aid of Arkansas, which represented the plaintiffs.
News Story
DHS rule change threatens disabled care
Jacob RosenbergArkansas Times
October 11, 2017
ARChoices algorithm inspires state and federal lawsuits.
Blog Post
Legal Aid sues DHS again over algorithm denial of benefits to disabled: Update with DHS comment
Leslie Newell PeacockArkansas Times
January 27, 2017
The seven plaintiffs in the suit are low-income individuals with disabilities including cerebral palsy, quadriplegia, multiple sclerosis and other debilitating illnesses whose Medicaid ARChoices benefits were cut by an average of 43 percent.
Feature
The Arkansas Medicaid mess
Benjamin Hardy, David Ramsey, Leslie Newell PeacockArkansas Times
August 13, 2015
Nearly 50,000 Arkansans stand to lose their health insurance despite the fact that many remain eligible.
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