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§ 20-77-2403. Purpose

AR Code § 20-77-2403 (2018) (N/A)
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(a) The purpose of this subchapter is to:

(1) Improve access to quality health care;

(2) Attract insurance carriers and enhance competition in the Arkansas insurance marketplace;

(3) Promote individually-owned health insurance;

(4) Strengthen personal responsibility through cost sharing;

(5) Improve continuity of coverage;

(6) Reduce the size of the state-administered Medicaid program;

(7) Encourage appropriate care, including early intervention, prevention, and wellness;

(8) Increase quality and delivery system efficiencies;

(9) Facilitate Arkansas's continued payment innovation, delivery system reform, and market-driven improvements;

(10) Discourage over-utilization; and

(11) Reduce waste, fraud, and abuse.

(b) The State of Arkansas shall take an integrated and market-based approach to covering low-income Arkansans through offering new coverage opportunities, stimulating market competition, and offering alternatives to the existing Medicaid program.

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