Lawmakers are hopeful expanding healthcare access will bring down Alabama’s climbing infant and maternal mortality rates.

Alabama legislators introduced a bill encouraging parents to put kids on employer-sponsored insurance plans instead of ...

Lawmakers in Alabama's House have passed a bill expediting Medicaid for pregnant women in a state with one of the highest ...

“This bill would require the Alabama Medicaid Agency to cover screening and would also regulate how Medicaid covers prescription drugs used to treat postpartum depression,” the legislation states.

HB89 would provide presumptive Medicaid eligibility to pregnant Alabamians before their Medicaid applications are reviewed ...

Lawmakers in Alabama's House have passed a bill expediting Medicaid for pregnant women in a state with one of the highest maternal mortality rates in the country. The bill now ...

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 ...

Alabama and Mississippi are among 10 states nationwide that have not expanded Medicaid, which means many low-income women are only eligible for Medicaid once they become pregnant.