Arkansas HRP

The Arkansas Comprehensive Health Insurance Pool was created in 1996 as a state program that was intended to provide an alternative market for health insurance for certain uninsurable Arkansas residents and to provide the acceptable alternative mechanism as described in the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996 for providing portable and accessible individual health insurance for federally eligible individuals. The premium cap for the pool is set at 150 percent of market rate for comparable coverage. At the end of June 2006, approximately 2,900 people were enrolled in the pool.