Alabama legislators introduced a bill encouraging parents to put kids on employer-sponsored insurance plans instead of Medicaid.
Lawmakers are hopeful expanding healthcare access will bring down Alabama’s climbing infant and maternal mortality rates.
"I tend to just hope that rational conversations are going to eventually happen and that things will kind of sort themselves out."
MONTOGMERY, Ala. (AP) — A bill that would expedite Medicaid coverage and prenatal health care for low-income pregnant women in Alabama has advanced as lawmakers across the South try to address rising maternal and infant mortality rates. The ...
Alabama could face significant funding losses if Congress moves forward with budget resolutions that propose deep cuts to Medicaid, food assistance, and other essential services. The reductions are part of broader efforts to finance tax cuts for corporations and high-income earners, renewing provisions from the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.
HB89 would provide presumptive Medicaid eligibility to pregnant Alabamians before their Medicaid applications are reviewed and formally approved.
Meanwhile, discussions have stalled in non-expansion states such as Alabama, as lawmakers wait to see what the Trump administration will do. Many conservatives argue that Medicaid expansion has created a heavy financial burden for states and that reliance ...
Initial filings for unemployment benefits in Alabama dropped last week compared with the week prior, the U.S. Department of Labor said Thursday. New jobless claims, a proxy for layoffs, fell to 1,807 in the week ending February 15, down from 2,182 the week before, the Labor Department said.
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Alabama House Expedites Medicaid for Pregnant Women, Joining Other States With High Mortality Rates MONTOGMERY, Ala. (AP) — A bill that would expedite Medicaid coverage and prenatal health care ...