Medicaid Expansion

A new study by a nonprofit tech company is ranking Alabama as one of the worst states for poverty support in the country. SmileHub rates charities and provides resources to help donors maximize the impact of their contributions, including here in the Yellowhammer State.

The Alabama legislative season has concluded for the year with new laws going into effect this Saturday. The Parents Right to Know Act and the squatter’s law are among the laws that will be enacted. However, there are many issues that remain unresolved. Medicaid and healthcare expansion is one of them.

An Alabama nonprofit has unveiled an agenda calling for policy changes in the state. Alabama Arise works to improve the lives of Alabamians who are marginalized by poverty. The organization’s 2024 Roadmap for Change contains seven legislative changes that its policy workers will focus on next year.

Alabama had the highest rate of residents dying from pregnancy complications in the nation between 2018 and 2021. That’s according to an August report from the Milken Institute, a nonprofit and nonpartisan think tank.

State lawmakers are reviewing the $2 trillion coronavirus relief package that includes financial incentives to expand Medicaid. Doing so would help…

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Several people, including a former longtime state senator, have been arrested for attempting to paint “Good Trouble” and “Expand…

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Protestors wrote “Black Lives Matter” and “Expand Medicaid” in front of the Alabama Capitol during a demonstration on Thursday.…

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Health and advocacy groups are urging Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey and legislators to expand the state’s Medicaid program as the…

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