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Arkansas Governor Will Accept Medicaid Expansion | Gov. Mike Beebe (D-AR) is the latest governor to announce that his state will expand the Medicaid program to cover additional low-income residents who were previously unable to afford health insurance. Beebe’s decision comes on the heels of a state report that estimated Arkansas would save $350 billion dollars between 2014 and 2025 by opting into Obamacare’s Medicaid expansion. Although the provision that expands the Medicaid program under the health reform law enjoys broad support, Republican governors who oppose Obamacare are choosing instead to reject the expansion, costing their states billions in federal funds and leaving millions of their low-income residents without coverage.