Mary is a full-time mother of three – but that’s due to change in a couple of weeks. She is due to give birth on her birthday!

Margaret was receiving Medicaid for herself and her grandson. Margaret went to the pharmacy to pick up her medications and was shocked to learn that her Medicaid was no longer active.

Martin Blocker lives in Lake View Arkansas, Phillips County.  He has received Medicaid for ten years.

Michayla is a young, divorced mother who is caring for her four young sons in Northwest Arkansas.

She began having symptoms of what she thought was a sinus problem. Her condition continued to worsen, and she found herself in the emergency room at the hospital in West Memphis.

Monique is beyond grateful that she and her four children have access to Medicaid.

Nancy has not had a place she could call home for a little over a year. She had a very rough beginning which led to her being adopted when she was 15 years old by a family who had promised to take care of her.

Patricia lives in Holly Grove.

Precious Ford lives in Federally Subsidized Housing in Brinkley, AR - a small Arkansas Delta town with a population of 2,742 located off Interstate 40. She is 21 and is the Caretaker of her disabled 49-year-old mother who had experienced an interruption in her Medicaid benefits. 

Princella Snow is happy to no longer live near standing water. Standing water breeds mosquitoes and allows the mosquitoes to spread infection.

Our story collective would like to take this time to honor and thank Queen Esters for sharing this story with us prior to her untimely passing. We believe that her story and her words still have power.

Richard defies the myth that people on Medicaid in Arkansas do not work.