Video

Dr Joe Thompson on the Arkansas "Private Option" Medicaid Expansion

With a Republican House and Senate and a Democrat governor, Arkansas had a difficult time passing Medicaid expansion legislation, explained Joe Thompson, MD, former state surgeon general.

With a Republican House and Senate and a Democrat governor, Arkansas had a difficult time passing Medicaid expansion legislation, explained Joe Thompson, MD, former state surgeon general.

However, Medicaid expansion played into a much broader system-wide transformation. Dr Thompson added that the state recognized that the healthcare system was changing, and the insurance financing mechanism needed to change too.

“The Affordable Care Act is a disruptive act,” he said. “Disruption is neither good nor bad, it’s what you do with it that makes a difference.”

Related Videos
Sanjay Ramakrishnan, MD, senior lecturer, University of Western Australia
Michael Goulet, DO, pulmonary and critical care fellow, Temple University Hospital
Eboni Price-Haywood, MD, and Toni Flowers, PhD
Tom Belmon, CAP, GPBCH
CK Wang, MD, COTA
Constance Blunt, MD, medical oncologist, Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center
Tom Belmont
Pieter Sonneveld, MD, PhD
Mohit Narang, MD
Related Content
AJMC Managed Markets Network Logo
CH LogoCenter for Biosimilars Logo