Arkansas Health And Jobs is an effort to engage and educate Arkansans about the critical issues facing our economy, about the health care sector and about critical health decisions to be made for our state.

If Arkansas moves forward with the proposed private option, thousands of jobs will be created and more families across the state will finally have access to health care. But if Arkansas does not move forward with the private option, local hospitals would have to make drastic cuts, likely costing jobs and possibly closing down rural hospitals and those in less populated areas.

The private option will provide health care coverage to more low income uninsured adults, with the federal government paying 100% of the costs in the first few years and 90% of the costs after that. If Arkansas does not move forward with the private option, our federal tax dollars will be subsidizing health care in other states like New York and California instead of helping Arkansans and creating jobs right here.

Arkansas Health and Jobs serves as a tool to help engage Arkansans directly with our elected officials regarding these important issues. You can make a difference today. Learn about the issues here on our website. Then, send a letter to your lawmaker or submit a letter-to-the-editor for your local newspaper.