President Trump has signed an executive order setting a 30-day deadline for drugmakers to lower the price of prescription drugs or face new limits over what the government will pay.
Alabama legislators have unanimously passed a bill to speed up access to Medicaid for pregnant women, as more states across the South try to lower high maternal and infant mortality rates.
Advocates gathered at the Alabama State House urging lawmakers to reconsider their long-held reluctance to expand Medicaid, saying the decision is hurting both working families and health care providers.
A bill that would speed up Medicaid coverage and prenatal health care for low-income pregnant women in Alabama has advanced as lawmakers try to address rising maternal and infant mortality rates.
U.S. Rep. Shomari Figures (D-Alabama) has announced that he is a lead co-sponsor for a bill to expand health care coverage to millions of Americans who are uninsured.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has added Alabama and seven other states to the 19 where students receiving Medicaid coverage will be automatically added to the program offering free or reduced-price school lunches.
The political organization led by Democratic Party activist Stacey Abrams is branching out into paying off medical debts.
If you’re uninsured or under-insured, The Wellness Coalition in Montgomery wants to help. It’s offering a new free service to help you get the coverage you can afford. The organization can now help get you enrolled in an affordable health care plan through the Health Insurance Marketplace and Alabama Medicaid over the phone. More than a dozen employees were recently trained…
The Trump administration’s drive to wean poor people from government benefits by making them work has been slowed down by a federal judge. U.S. District Judge James E. Boasberg framed a fundamental question: Are poverty programs meant to show tough love or to help the needy? Boasberg last week halted Kentucky’s first-in-the-nation experiment with Medicaid work requirements, ruling that the…
Alabama is restoring enhanced payments for primary care doctors who treat Medicaid patients. Gov. Robert Bentley announced Thursday that the state will restore the enhanced payments that were cut because of budget troubles. The “primary care bump” put some Medicaid primary care reimbursement rates on par with Medicare rates. The Alabama Medicaid Agency this summer ended the payment bump and…
