ARKANSAS, USA — According to 2024 data from the Arkansas Department of Human Services (DHS), 821,000 Arkansans rely on Medicaid.

President Donald Trump signed the “Big Beautiful Bill” into law on July 4, a measure that introduces changes to Medicaid eligibility and coverage across the United States.

The newly signed “Big Beautiful Bill” could cut Medicaid enrollment by 114,000 in Arkansas and leave rural hospitals struggling to stay open.

The Republicans’ “big, beautiful bill” makes huge changes to Medicaid, including rolling out work requirements nationwide for the first time.

The lawsuit states that on June 13, the plaintiff states learned that HHS had transferred to DHS en mass Medicaid files from California, Illinois and Washington.

Private health information, including addresses, names, social security numbers, immigration status, and claims data for enrollees in those states, was released.

The Trump administration is accused of violating federal privacy laws when it turned over Medicaid data on millions of enrollees to deportation officials last month.

Attorney General Dan Rayfield and other state AGs sued to stop the sharing of personal health data with immigration enforcement authorities.

President Trump’s tax-and-spending bill aims to require many Americans to work to collect Medicaid. Similar efforts in Georgia and Arkansas have largely fallen flat.

Senators demand Trump immigration officials stop using Medicaid data The dataset provided to DHS includes the information of people living in California, Illinois, Washington state and Washington ...