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

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

People gathered in Montgomery for Medicaid Expansion Advocacy Day on Tuesday. One group, Cover Alabama, said it wants ...

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

SB161 would require that non-opioid pain treatments that have FDA approval be included on this preferred drug list with coverage terms that are no more restrictive than those given to opioid pain ...

Lawmakers in Alabama's House have passed a bill expediting Medicaid for pregnant women in a state with one of the highest ...

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

It’s quite a shock for us,” said Troy Regional Medical Center CEO Rick Smith. The award was not something the hospital could ...

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 ...

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