Healthcare / FDA
Health Care Action Alert
Governor Beebe has signed an application to obtain a $7.6 million grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and a proposed "cooperative agreement" to implement the federal insurance exchange. Read the rest of this entry »
HB2138: Arkansas Obamacare Bill in Committee TOMORROW
This bill is scheduled to be heard in the House Insurance and Commerce Committee, Room 149, State Capitol, tomorrow, Wednesday, at 10 am. Try to be there if you can. It is important that we have a crowd there to show our opposition. If it passes, shout out for a roll call vote. Read the rest of this entry »
HB 2138: Arkansas’ Version of Obama Care
HB 2138, "AN ACT TO ENSURE CONTINUED LOCAL REGULATION OF INDIVIDUAL HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE BY ENABLING THE INSURANCE COMMISSIONER TO CONTINUE SERVING ARKANSANS; TO IMPLEMENT FEDERAL HEALTHCARE REFORM; AND TO CREATE THE ARKANSAS HEALTH BENEFITS EXCHANGE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES." Read the rest of this entry »
Protest ObamaCare Tomorrow
We need you all at the Capitol tomorrow! Looks like Beebe is trying to go around our Legislature to make Arkansas the first state to implement Obamacare. If you are ever going to show up at the Capitol, do it TOMORROW MORNING! It is going to take RAW NUMBERS to make the Governor a believer! Read the rest of this entry »
HB 1053, The Healthcare Freedom Act – Update
HB 1053, The Healthcare Freedom Act, sponsored by David Meeks, failed in the House Public Health Committee on Tuesday, January 25, 2011. The full title of HB1053 is "An Act to Ensure Freedom of Choice in Health Care for All Arkansans; and to Prevent Involuntary Enrollments in Health Care Insurance Programs." Don't let this bill drop - call your state representative today! Read the rest of this entry »