The Future of Arkansas Medicaid

By: KARK 4 News

Updated: November 16, 2012

This week there has been a lot of news from Governor Mike Beebe and Arkansas Department of Human Services Director, John Selig, about a shortfall in the Medicaid budget that the state will face beginning in July 2013.

Arkansas Surgeon General, Dr. Joe Thompson, sat down with Mallory Hardin to talk about some of the important decision legislators will have to make concerning the future of a program that currently serves nearly 800,000 Arkansans.

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