Geneva is a single mom and has received Medicaid for eight years. 

In June of 2023, Grateful and her spouse lost their Qualified Medicare Beneficiary (QMB) because they are check signers for the ministry they work for.

As the foreman of a massive solar panel project, he was the person who had to pass the bad news to his work crew - everyone was getting laid off.

Helen is a very busy mother of three children (ages 10, 8, and 2 years old). She has big plans, a big heart, and the ability to make all her dreams come true. Not everything is easy.

Jade is very happy that she has Medicaid to help her with medical costs when she falls ill.

USING SONG AND FAITH AS PART OF HER HEALING

James is (60) sixty years old and lives in Elaine, AR.  He is a descendant of the Elaine Massacre.

James sat quietly in the main room of the Boys Girls and Adults Community Development Center in Marvell waiting for his sister to return so that he could be interviewed for the Medicaid Story Collective.

Janice Boyd is a prime example of how southerners, living in a small rural town, will take care of their relatives -- regardless of their own medical problems.

Jennifer found herself caught up in the travails of the Medicaid Unwinding.

Back in the 1990s, Jennifer realized she was in big trouble. She had a lot of health problems, and everything just kept getting worse.

Jennifer Cobb lives in Elaine and is receiving Medicaid AR Home/Blue Cross Blue Shield. She began receiving Medicaid as a result of the Public Health Emergency in 2020.