 Lincoln County's above-average poverty rate suggests a high Medicaid eligibility rate.As of 2012, 25.6% of Lincoln County was eligible for Medicaid, with 62.8% of children under 19 eligible for ARKids First, a program by the Arkansas Department of Human Services that combines children's Medicaid (ARKids A) and other programs for families with higher incomes (ARKids B).These values are more in line with statewide averages than typical values for rural Arkansas counties.