A vacant hallway at Vaughan Regional Medical Center in Selma, Alabama on Tuesday, Sep. 3, 2024 in Selma, Ala. Presenters and advocates warned last week that Medicaid cuts in the tax-and-spending bill ...

A hallway at Vaughan Regional Medical Center in Selma, Alabama on Tuesday, Sep. 3, 2024. A new analysis from KFF estimates that proposed federal cuts in a March 2025 U.S. House budget resolution could ...

Alabama Republicans for years have opposed expanding Medicaid eligibility. Now, they may be cracking the door. Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey and legislative leaders said they are reviewing details of the ...

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As a social worker, witnessing the hardships faced by those with painful health issues – and without access to care – is deeply disheartening. Expanding Medicaid in Alabama is not only a compassionate ...

MONTOGMERY, Ala. — 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 ...

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 for ...

MONTGOMERY — Leaders at the Alabama Medicaid Agency are hopeful the state’s infant and maternal mortality rates, which are among the highest in the nation, will start to see improvements after several ...

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 ...

Alabama Medicaid enrollees led the nation in receiving contraceptives from public health departments in 2023, according to a ...

As Alabama’s struggling hospitals and uninsured residents face the unknowns of the coronavirus, political leaders say the state can’t afford to grant healthcare through Medicaid expansion to some of ...

Medicaid expansion in Alabama might have gotten a major boost from the federal government, but only if state officials will go along. The federal stimulus bill signed into law earlier this month ...