More than 100 organizations from across Alabama are urging federal lawmakers to vote against a Congressional budget that they say would jeopardize health care and food assistance for families.

My husband of 20 years is elderly and has dementia. It is almost inevitable that he will end up in an assisted-living ...

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

Congressional lawmakers passed a budget resolution that could set the stage for over $1 trillion in cuts to health coverage ...

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Find out how the proposed Medicaid budget cuts could affect millions of enrollees and the health centers they rely on.

Specifically, HB322 "would require the Alabama Medicaid Agency to cover screening and would also regulate how Medicaid covers ...

Republicans say medicaid cuts are off the table, but the Congressional Budget Office says the budget they're proposing doesn't work without them.

Analysis by the Congressional Budget Office released this week showed the GOP's budget goals could not be reached without ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Thirty-year-old Kiana George works at a child care program in Camden, Alabama. She makes too much to qualify for Medicaid and too little to qualify for federal subsidies ...

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 ...