Arkansas' Handling Of Private Option A Test Case For GOP If SCOTUS Axes Subsidies

The way that Arkansas' incoming GOP governor handles the state's Medicaid “private option” is a test case of the tough political choices that GOP-led states will face if the U.S Supreme Court rules that ACA subsidies aren't available in federally run exchanges, a health care sector analyst said. Some of Arkansas' incoming GOP lawmakers reportedly vowed to shoot down the private option, designed by outgoing Democratic Governor Mike Bebee, but staying true to that pledge would mean taking away insurance...