Like education, health care in our state has major challenges, from stubbornly high infant mortality to the closing of rural ...

Medicaid now accounts for most of what we ... Of course, not every safety-net dollar reaches someone below the poverty line. But the population in poverty gives us an idea of the level of need ...

I wish Alabamians could speak plainly to our legislators. I mean, you can do that, but blunt language won’t get your problems ...

When voters initiated and overwhelmingly approved expanded Medicaid coverage for 88,000 of our family, friends and neighbors ...

State Sen. Sally Harrell said the work requirement to receive Medicaid hinders unpaid caregivers whose work does not qualify as employment.

Imagine you are a business owner,r and 10 to 40 percent of the customers who walk in your doors, can’t pay you. You also ...

The first — for both those eligible through SSI and the poverty-related ... The bottom line, however, is that, despite the aging of the population, Medicaid is not projected to play a larger ...

Ahead of the upcoming legislative session, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network is advocating for improved ...

Those eligible under expansion are living below the poverty line but making too much to have previously qualified for Medicaid -- a phenomenon known as the Medicaid gap. "An incredible impact for ...

The ALLHealth plan — presented by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama — would provide private health insurance to up to 330,000 eligible Alabamians.

The 2025 state Legislature, which convenes Jan. 6, will consider whether to keep the Montana Medicaid program as it is or allow major parts of it to expire in July.