Tag: Medicaid
John Rice: Tell your lawmakers to make do without the excesses...
Gov. Robert Bentley is welcoming lawmakers back to town today to raise taxes and pass the state General Fund Budget. We have been hearing how...
Bradley Byrne: Reforming and reducing federal spending
At this very moment, the national debt sits at over $18 trillion dollars, and it shows no signs of going down anytime soon. Our...
John Rice: State government is acting more like Washington, D.C., every...
State government is acting more like Washington, D.C., every day. The state General Fund is spending close to $1 million more a day than the...
Katherine Robertson: Legislature can still finish strong
The Alabama Legislature caught its share of grief after adjourning the Regular Session without passing a budget. The alleged infighting between the House and...
Email Insights: Bradley Byrne highlights federal spending crisis
U.S. Rep. Bradley Byrne took to the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives Tuesday to deliver a speech on how out-of-control federal spending is...
Anne-Marie Kaulfers: Fund Alabama Medicaid so children, adults have access to...
I see numerous children with diabetes and endocrine diseases who are on Alabama Medicaid. In fact, I’m one of the few pediatric endocrinologists in...
House passes bill to create long-term care networks
The Alabama House has passed a bill that would establish integrated care networks to allow more Medicaid recipients to stay in their homes instead...
House passes “austere” budget plan by 66-36 vote
A barebones budget plan to fund government services is on its way to the Senate, having passed the Alabama House Tuesday by a vote...
Katherine Robertson: If everything is a priority, then nothing is a...
As the debate over Alabama's General Fund budget shortfall continues, four schools of thought have emerged on how to solve the problem: a) tax...
State Senate leader files plan to check Medicaid, prison spending
Senate President Pro Tem Del Marsh has introduced a plan to address what he sees as the deeper issue in the current budget dilemma: growth...
