{"id":9706,"date":"2018-03-01T11:41:44","date_gmt":"2018-03-01T16:41:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=9706"},"modified":"2018-03-01T11:41:44","modified_gmt":"2018-03-01T16:41:44","slug":"tens-of-thousands-of-medicaid-recipients-skip-paying-new-premiums","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=9706","title":{"rendered":"Tens of Thousands of Medicaid Recipients Skip Paying New Premiums"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Phil Galewitz for Kaiser Health News)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: 'PT Serif', Georgia, serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; word-spacing: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: #ffffff; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\">When Arkansas lawmakers debated in 2016 whether to renew the state\u2019s Medicaid expansion, many Republican lawmakers were swayed only if some of the 300,000 adults who gained coverage would have to start paying premiums. <a href=\"https:\/\/khn.org\/news\/tens-of-thousands-of-medicaid-recipients-skip-paying-new-premiums\/?utm_campaign=KHN%3A%20First%20Edition&amp;utm_source=hs_email&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=61037066&amp;_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_GgRv448Ykmg01UrjQxnVn9Uc_gEW3SCTv6z1Iwo1D4H1Od-RlD4jjlWU6Nzrt3plqYmpmp_3PraYcXDb-4UzKoQHYDA&amp;_hsmi=61037066\">Continue reading article here&#8230;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; outline: 0px; border: 0px currentColor; color: #444444; text-transform: none; line-height: 1.6; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; word-spacing: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-stretch: inherit; background-color: #ffffff; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit;\">Kaiser Health News is a nonprofit national health policy news service that is part of the nonpartisan Henry J. 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