An Alabama House committee Wednesday approved a bill that would allow Medicaid to sue some parents who don’t enroll their children in employer-provided health insurance when available.

A new law that would provide mothers using Medicaid with earlier access to prenatal care is making its way through the ...

Lawmakers are hopeful expanding healthcare access will bring down Alabama’s climbing infant and maternal mortality rates.

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

One of the biggest concerns is the Maude Whatley Community Health Center, a vital health care facility serving Tuscaloosa and surrounding counties.

Alabama could face significant funding losses if Congress moves forward with budget resolutions that propose deep cuts to ...

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 MONTOGMERY, Ala. -- A bill that ...

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

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 ...

Proposed cuts to housing, food assistance and health care are all topics Rep. Terri Sewell says she wants to be transparent ...

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 ...

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