AR: Arkansas and HHS Agree to Expand Coverage with Exchanges, Not Medicaid; 'A Whole New Ballgame'

Forbes: If reports coming out of Arkansas are true, Gov. Mike Beebe (D.) and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services have agreed to implement Obamacare’s coverage expansion in the state using the law’s subsidized private insurance exchanges, instead of with the Medicaid program. The devil is in the details, but if this deal holds, it could dramatically change the course of Obamacare in the states, in a way that will offer lower-income Americans far better—but costlier—coverage than they would have received from the health law otherwise.

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