Arkansas governor calls for Medicaid session, managed care could be on agenda

Arkansas Online: LITTLE ROCK — Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Tuesday dropped his proposal to have private firms manage some services for the disabled and mentally ill, saying he'll limit this week's legislative session to his hybrid Medicaid expansion proposal.

The Republican governor formally called lawmakers back to the Capitol on Wednesday to take up his plan to keep and rework the hybrid expansion, which uses federal funds to purchase private insurance for the poor. Hutchinson dropped his managed care proposal at the urging of House and Senate leaders, who said they weren't sure the plan had support.

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