By Caleb Taylor Three ACRE experts recently appeared in “Believe in Ƶ” segments hosted by Americans for Prosperity. UCA Assistant Professor of Economics and ACRE Scholar Dr. Jeremy Horpedahl discussed state government spending and Ƶ’s tax rates on March 25th. For more on Horpedahl’s recent research and testimony on sales taxes in Ƶ, check out […]
ACRE Director Discusses Medical Scope of Practice Reform
By Caleb Taylor What changes can Ƶ legislators make to improve residents’ access to care? Ƶ’s primary care shortage is a result of its “excessively restrictive” medical scope of practice laws, according to ACRE Director and UCA Associate Professor of Economics Dr. David Mitchell in “Let them practice” published in the Ƶ Democrat-Gazette on March […]
Improving Access to Mental Health Care for Arkansans
By Caleb Taylor How can Ƶ improve access to mental health care? Zak Massey, a former ACRE Research Fellow, discussed the benefits to Ƶ’s mental health outcomes of expanding scope of practice for nurse practitioners in an op-ed published in Ƶ Business on July 27 entitled “Free Nurse Practitioners.” Massey writes: Nurse practitioners can provide […]
