Advocates have gathered at the Alabama Statehouse to urge lawmakers to reconsider their long-held reluctance to expand Medicaid.

Alabama dentists are seeking emergency funding in the upcoming Medicaid budget, warning that they are “in a crisis situation.”

Alabama legislators introduced a bill encouraging parents to put kids on employer-sponsored insurance plans instead of Medicaid.

MONTOGMERY, Ala. (AP) — 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 mortality rates. The ...

"I tend to just hope that rational conversations are going to eventually happen and that things will kind of sort themselves out."

HB89 would provide presumptive Medicaid eligibility to pregnant Alabamians before their Medicaid applications are reviewed and formally approved.

Lawmakers in Alabama's House have passed a bill expediting Medicaid for pregnant women in a state with one of the highest maternal mortality rates in the country. The bill now

Initial filings for unemployment benefits in Alabama dropped last week compared with the week prior, the U.S. Department of Labor said Thursday. New jobless claims, a proxy for layoffs, fell to 1,807 in the week ending February 15, down from 2,182 the week before, the Labor Department said.

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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 ...