Under the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) states can expand Medicaid health insurance coverage to include any individuals making under 138% of the poverty level ($16,643 for a single person; $33,948 for family of four). The state of Arkansas decided to expand Medicaid in a different way, using taxpayer money to buy private insurance plans from private, for-profit health insurance companies. This was originally called the Private Option, but the name was changed to Arkansas Works under Gov. Asa Hutchinson. Once the program is fully phased in, federal tax dollars will be paying 90% of the cost and state tax dollars will pay 10%. Arkansans pay federal and state taxes. Obamacare Medicaid Expansion - Arkansas Works is a welfare program for able-bodied, working age adults, many of whom don't/won't work. There is no work requirement to receive this free health insurance. Hardworking taxpayers continue to subsidize this welfare program in Arkansas through paying higher premiums, having their own insurance premiums taxed, and paying federal and state taxes. The program is also crippling the Arkansas state budget, with the Governor, state budget chairman, and many others recognizing the program is unsustainable. Gov. Asa Hutchinson continues to fully support and implement this Obamacare welfare program.

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* 1. When was Obamacare Medicaid Expansion (Private Option) first passed in Arkansas and by who?

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* 2. In 2015, Who continued this Obamacare welfare program, but changed the name of Obamacare Medicaid Expansion from the "Private Option" to "Arkansas Works".

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* 3. Which group of people does Obamacare Medicaid Expansion primarily benefit through the Arkansas Works government program?

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* 4. Who was the lead sponsor of SB96 of 2015 that claimed to end Obamacare Medicaid Expansion, but actually kept Obamacare Medicaid Expansion under the name Arkansas Works.

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* 5. In 2016, who used a line-item veto scheme to ensure the funding of Obamacare Medicaid Expansion - Arkansas Works when Senate Republicans stood up to block funding of this Obamacare welfare program?

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* 6. In 2016, which Arkansas State Senators caved on stopping the funding of Obamacare Medicaid Expansion - Arkansas Works, going back on their initial vote and ensuring the line-item veto scheme would succeed in continuing Obamacare Medicaid Expansion - Arkansas Works. (Pick the two who caved from the original 10 who opposed the funding; Hint: there is one in each column).

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* 7. According to DHS spokesperson Brandi Hinckle in an interview to the Arkansas Democrat Gazette on March 28, 2017, what is the cost to the state for this Obamacare Medicaid Expansion - Arkansas Works program for the upcoming fiscal year?

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* 8. Under Obamacare reform efforts at the federal level, how much would the state be obligated to pay for this Obamacare Medicaid Expansion - Arkansas Works program if some of those reforms passed?

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* 10. In what town do you live?

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