judith browne dianis, david weinstein thank you both very much. >> thanks. >> thank you. >> woodruff: ever since the supreme court ruled that states do not have to expand medicaid as part of the affordable care act, there have been big battles over that issue. one bipartisan alternative has emerged in arkansas that appeals to some other red states as well, most recently virginia. it allows medicaid dollars to be used to buy private insurance for low-income residents. but now the arkansas program is facing a crucial vote in the state senate this week and its fate may be jeopardized. hari sreenivasan has our story. >> it's not bad. >> okay. >> it's been a while since mary francis perkins last visited the green bins on the family farm. >> what's it made out of grass. >> this is grass. >> seems to help out with almost everything on this strip 06 land in carlyle arkansas but after a recent diagnosis of parkinson's even basic cures became too much. >> get awe hold of him. >> like many family farmers he didn't have access to health insurance. and a preexisting condition meant he was denied r

were filed by the ncaap and by the league of voters, joining me now, elizabeth mcnamara, also judith brown, who is the co-director of the advancement project, which is a civil rights organization. thank you both for joining us today. >> thank you. >> thank you for having us. >> judith, let's start here with where this stands at this point. the argument, obviously, is that laws that exist in wisconsin and other parts of the country, which we discussed especially before the november general election, that these laws by design are meant to keep minorities, as well as perhaps even some elderly people, who let's face it, tend to vote more for democrats. keep them from the ballot. what proof of that exists at this point in that state of wisconsin? >> well, in the state of wisconsin, in fact, the advancement project had a separate case that we're in the federal courts right now, where we showed that african-americans are 1.4 times more likely not to have the voter i.d. that's required. latinos are more likely 2.3 times more likely not to have the i.d., so we know that there are disparities, and w

were filed by the ncaap and by the league of voters, joining me now, elizabeth mcnamara, also judith brownr of the advancement project, which is a civil rights organization. thank you both for joining us today. >> thank you. >> thank you for having us. >> judith, let's start here with where this stands at this point. the argument, obviously, is that laws that exist in wisconsin and other parts of the country, which we discussed especially before the november general election, that these laws by design are meant to keep minorities, as well as perhaps even some elderly people, who let's face it, tend to vote more for democrats. keep them from the ball

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