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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The Arkansas Department of Human Services says more than 100,000 children are at risk of losing their ARKids First health coverage because their parents or guardians haven't filled out new applications on their behalf.
Information in the applications is required to determine a child's eligibility under rules that went into effect under the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
The agency has sent notices to 212,000 families with children who were enrolled in ARKids before the new rules went into effect but has received only 170,000 responses.
The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports (bit.ly/1Wi7JFq) the department began sending to the remaining 42,000 families what it described as a third and final notice, giving the families an additional 30 days to fill out the applications.
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