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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 rising ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — Pregnant women in Alabama will soon have access to health care coverage through Medicaid before the agency approves their application. On Tuesday, the Alabama House of ...

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 to ...

The continuing growth in states’ Medicaid programs has placed a severe financial strain on state budgets. In fiscal year 2024, Medicaid was the largest category of total state spending, consuming 29.8 ...

The state’s dominant health insurer Wednesday pitched a health care plan to county commissioners that would use Medicaid expansion money to pay for private insurance plans for Alabamians without ...