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.
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.
ATLANTA (AP) — The political organization led by prominent Democrat Stacey Abrams is branching out into paying off medical debts. Fair Fight Political Action Committee on Wednesday told The Associated Press that it’s donating $1.34 million from its political action committee to wipe out debt owed by 108,000 people in Georgia, Arizona, Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. Fair Fight PAC senior…
The political organization led by Democratic Party activist Stacey Abrams is branching out into paying off medical debts.
Community activists have pleaded not guilty to misdemeanor charges over spray-painted messages near the Alabama Capitol urging the state to expand Medicaid.
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama Republicans might be cracking the door to Medicaid expansion. Several state leaders said they are reviewing details of the nearly $2 trillion coronavirus relief package that includes new financial incentives for the 12 states that have opted against expanding Medicaid to provide health coverage for more low-income Americans. Expanding eligibility would bring health care coverage…
Montgomery Police made several arrest outside of the State Capitol on Tuesday. Protesters attempted to spray paint the street in front of the Capitol steps. The protest was sponsored by the group S.O.S. also known as Save Ourselves Movement. Throughout the spring and summer the group has held protest for medicaid expansion on the Capitol steps. Earlier this month, at…
U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell says she and the only other Democrat in the Alabama Congressional Delegation—U.S. Senator Doug Jones—have introduced legislation to convince Republicans in the Alabama Legislature to support Medicaid expansion. The Representative was in Montgomery for a health care round-table discussion about health care. She says the state’s failure to expand Medicaid several years ago was…
As he leaves the legislature, the Republican Senator takes a stand in favor of expanding Medicaid. “….the cost of doing nothing is too great.” Republican Governor Kay Ivey opposes it. Here’s Senator Dial’s statement: I was born in Delta, Alabama, and I have spent the majority of my life in Lineville, working as a teacher, a coach,…
The Alabama Hospital Associated has launched a campaign to push for Medicaid expansion in the state. The Hospital Association began a campaign Thursday that it said will highlight the “importance of expanding Medicaid.” The hospital group said that expansion would provide health care coverage for 300,000 uninsured Alabamians, create 30,000 jobs and $28 billion in new economic activity. More than…
