What is Happening in Arkansas?
During the 88th Arkansas General Assembly, the AMHC along with the Arkansas Minority Health Consortium published weeking news updates of events taking place during the session.
Legislative Weekly News Update--January 18
Legislative Weekly News Update--January 25
Legislative Weekly News Update--February 2
Legislative Weekly News Update--February 8
Legislative Weekly News Update--February 15
Legislative Weekly News Update--February 25
Legislative Weekly News Update--March 1
Legislative Weekly News Update--March 8
Legislative Weekly News Update--March 15
Legislative Weekly News Update--March 22
Water Fluoridation Impact on African Americans and other Minorities--PDF
How Health Reform Helps Communities of Color in Arkansas
The historic health reform law moves our nation toward a health care system that covers many more people, reforms the insurance industry, improves the quality of care, and curbs rising costs. The benefits and protections in the new law also lay a critical foundation for eliminating racial and ethnic health disparities and promoting health equity. This is especially important for Arkansas, where people of color make up 24 percent of the state’s population.1, 2
Communities of color in Arkansas stand to gain from the new health care law—both from those provisions that will affect all communities but have a disproportionate impact on communities of color and from those that are designed specifically to eliminate health disparities.
To read more .... How Health Reform Helps Communities of Color in Arkansas -PDF