Arkansas Explained: What’s happening to the state’s Medicaid expansion?

In a state led by Republicans who have often portrayed social services as handouts that keep people in poverty, Arkansas’ Medicaid expansion program has faced multiple attempts to kill it or limit who can access it. More than 837,000 Arkansans are on Medicaid, the federally-funded, low-cost insurance program for low-income people and people with disabilities. […]