Tag: Medicaid
J. Pepper Bryars: Alabama should wait and watch before considering Medicaid
If only Alabama’s leaders had a magical Medicaid “Choose Your Own Adventure” book, so they could flip ahead and see the...
J.W. Cowan: We need state Medicaid expansion not federal overhaul
Later this month, another Alabama hospital will close. This marks the state’s thirteenth hospital closing in eight years. Unfortunately, this has become...
Highlights of the $330 billion-plus bill to avoid shutdown
It’s not just about President Donald Trump’s border wall.
The border security issues that sparked a 35-day government shutdown are but one element of a...
Alabama’s Medicaid agency says it needs less money
The head of Alabama’s Medicaid agency says it will need less money in the coming year.
News outlets reported Medicaid Commissioner Stephanie Azar told state...
Jim Carnes: It’s time for Alabama to go big and expand...
Alabamians expect to hear a lofty, future-oriented vision from their governor every four years during the inaugural address. Gov. Kay Ivey, speaking in Alabama’s...
Greg Reed: Now, a Medicaid program built around families and communities
The elections of November 6th are over, and now, in Washington and in Montgomery legislators again take up the task of governing. As the...
Ballot initiatives buck legislatures in GOP-leaning states
Marijuana legalization. An increase in the minimum wage. Expansion of Medicaid. Come Election Day, voters in a batch of Republican-dominated states will weigh in...
Study: Without Medicaid expansion, poor forgo medical care
Low-income people in states that haven't expanded Medicaid are much more likely to forgo needed medical care than the poor in other states, according...
Gerald Dial: Alabama should expand Medicaid
I was born in Delta, Alabama, and I have spent the majority of my life in Lineville, working as a teacher, a coach, and...
High uninsured rates plague Alabama’s rural areas, new report shows
Alabama’s small towns and rural areas have among the highest rates of uninsured low-income adult citizens in the country, and residents there are more...
