# Atlas Commons research objects — ACA marketplace coverage for Arkansas (2026) — context brief

Arkansas's ACA marketplace coverage from the CMS ACA Plan Attributes PUF, with each figure's epistemic status labeled: every plan count — medical plans, standalone dental plans, and breakdowns by metal level, plan type, HSA-eligibility, and referral requirement — is a measured census of plans offered (counts of rows in the CMS file, all labeled RECORDED); the sticker premium landscape by metal tier (40yo, pre-subsidy) is a recorded set of published CMS Rate PUF rates, with the subsidy note labeled CONTEXT; the boundary note is context (labeled CONTEXT) — these count plans offered and their sticker price, not enrollment, the insured rate, or net cost after subsidies. Sources: CMS ACA Plan Attributes PUF, CMS Marketplace Rate PUF. CC0.

Claims (warrant · source), each re-fetchable to verify:

- **257 ACA medical marketplace plans are offered in Arkansas for plan year 2026** — RECORDED · CMS ACA Plan Attributes PUF (2026 plan year) (https://www.cms.gov/marketplace/resources/data/public-use-files)
- **Medical plan counts by CMS metal level in Arkansas (2026): Silver 119, Gold 72, Expanded Bronze 56, Platinum 8** — RECORDED · CMS ACA Plan Attributes PUF (2026 plan year) (https://www.cms.gov/marketplace/resources/data/public-use-files)
- **Medical plan counts by CMS plan type in Arkansas (2026): PPO 137, POS 120** — RECORDED · CMS ACA Plan Attributes PUF (2026 plan year) (https://www.cms.gov/marketplace/resources/data/public-use-files)
- **58 of 257 medical plans in Arkansas are HSA-eligible (2026)** — RECORDED · CMS ACA Plan Attributes PUF (2026 plan year) (https://www.cms.gov/marketplace/resources/data/public-use-files)
- **257 of 257 medical plans in Arkansas require no specialist referral (2026)** — RECORDED · CMS ACA Plan Attributes PUF (2026 plan year) (https://www.cms.gov/marketplace/resources/data/public-use-files)
- **29 standalone dental plans are offered in Arkansas for plan year 2026** — RECORDED · CMS ACA Plan Attributes PUF (2026 plan year) (https://www.cms.gov/marketplace/resources/data/public-use-files)
- **STICKER ACA premiums in Arkansas for a 40-year-old (before tax credits): Silver median $828/mo** — DERIVED · CMS Marketplace Rate Public Use File (atlas-aggregated per tier) (https://www.cms.gov/marketplace/resources/data/public-use-files)
- **What the Arkansas premiums mean — sticker, not your price** — INTERPRETATION · Coverage Atlas framing (over the CMS Rate PUF figures above) (https://coverage-atlas.ryanjhunter.workers.dev/)
- **What these coverage figures are — and are NOT — for Arkansas (the epistemic boundary)** — INTERPRETATION · Coverage Atlas framing (over the CMS facts above) (https://coverage-atlas.ryanjhunter.workers.dev/)

Do not take these on trust — re-fetch each named source. Full structured object: `https://coverage-atlas.ryanjhunter.workers.dev/coverage/states/ar.jsonld` · anatomy of the research object: see /commons/the-research-object

**Arkansas — every coverage indicator (typed)** (11): Medical plans offered — 257 — RECORDED — CMS ACA Plan Attributes PUF (2026); Medical issuers — 6 — RECORDED — CMS ACA Plan Attributes PUF (2026); HSA-eligible medical plans — 58 — RECORDED — CMS ACA Plan Attributes PUF (2026)…
**Arkansas — medical plans by CMS metal level (RECORDED)** (5): Silver — 119; Gold — 72; Expanded Bronze — 56…
**Arkansas — medical plans by CMS plan type (RECORDED)** (2): PPO — 137; POS — 120…
**Arkansas — medical plans by market coverage (RECORDED)** (1): Individual — 286…
**Arkansas — sticker ACA premiums by metal tier (40yo, pre-subsidy, DERIVED)** (5): Catastrophic — 7 — 356 — 356 — 356 — 356 — 356; Bronze — 98 — 514 — 476 — 532 — 447 — 606; Silver — 119 — 828 — 804 — 851 — 753 — 879…
**Arkansas — issuers present on the marketplace (RECORDED)** (6): Ambetter from Arkansas Health & Wellness; Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield; BEST Life…