Arkansas Blue Cross Blue Shield CEO Curtis Barnett points to two major victories from the state’s regular session: maternal health improvements and continuing Medicaid expansion.
In an interview on this week’s Talk Business & Politics, the leader of the state’s largest health insurance provider said the governor and legislative leaders deserve credit for addressing women’s health as it relates to pregnancies and child births.
“The Healthy Moms, Healthy Babies Act that Governor Sanders, Senator [Missy] Irvin, and Representative [Aaron] Pilkington spearheaded – that work represents transformational change for our state around maternal healthcare and the improvements that are needed and the improvements that can be made with that,” he said. “It also shows what we can do as a state when multiple stakeholders come together and really focus on an issue and really work on how to move the dial in that area. That’s clearly one of the most positive things that happened.”
Blue Cross CEO touts legislative wins, watching federal Medicaid changes
