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Alabama committee to hear from Arkansas, North Carolina lawmakers on Medicaid expansion options
23 Apr 2024 13:45 GMT
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The Alabama Joint Health Committee will hear … , the equivalent position to Alabama’s Medicaid commissioner.
Alabama remains one of just … state to expand its Medicaid program, however, with Alabama being among ten …
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Kids Count report: Alabama still 45th in childhood well-being
23 Apr 2024 12:57 GMT
… more diverse,” wrote VOICES for Alabama’s Children Executive Director Rhonda … and New Mexico placed behind Alabama.
Apreill Hartsfield, a policy … more than a third of Alabama counties could be considered … who aren’t eligible for Medicaid but can’t . She …
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HHS pledges to boost voter registration access for Medicaid applicants, but vague on details
22 Apr 2024 19:49 GMT
… and Human Services for Medicaid and state-funded health … . Advocates said the noncompliant Medicaid forms are likely one reason … from public assistance agencies.
Alabama’s numbers went up from … 000 adults insured by the Medicaid, HAWKI and IHAWP programs. …
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Why haven't Kansas and Alabama — among other holdouts — expanded access to Medicaid?
22 Apr 2024 11:55 GMT
… two states where Medicaid expansion faces stiff opposition: Alabama and Kansas.
In … unlikely. Alabama rural health centers are shutting - and Medicaid expansion gets … -insured patients. But if Alabama adopted Medicaid expansion at least 174,000 …
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Report: Alabama has poor health system performance, stark health care disparities
22 Apr 2024 12:14 GMT
… , which ranked immediately above Alabama at 43, white people … Black infant mortality tripled.
Alabama infant mortality decreases, but still … , health policy advocate at Alabama Arise, said her biggest … to qualify for traditional Medicaid and too little to …
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Louisiana's alarming infant mortality rates spur push for home visits, Medicaid revamp
22 Apr 2024 09:24 GMT
… , she said, including Arkansas and Alabama.
Bills would expand access to … $8 million more annually.
Higher Medicaid reimbursements for providers, more coverage … Boudreaux, D-Lafayette, would raise Medicaid reimbursement rates, matching higher Medicare …
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Medicaid expansion bus tour stops in Montgomery
22 Apr 2024 01:02 GMT
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - Medicaid expansion advocates stopped by Stonetank … addressed with the expansion of Medicaid.
“There’s a 90% … come to the state of Alabama, and Alabama just needs to do … to health care coalition Cover Alabama, around 300,000 Alabamians …
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Alabama’s income guidelines have changed for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Woman.
19 Apr 2024 18:28 GMT
… WIC if the family receives Medicaid, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits … adults,” said Allison Hatchett, Alabama WIC Director. “Alabama’s WIC Program understands … women, infants, and children in Alabama.”
For more information, click here …
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Song 'Stars Fell on Alabama' is not reality | ELAINE HARRIS SPEARMANElaine Harris Spearman
19 Apr 2024 09:13 GMT
… Alabama, such as Alabama being one of 10 states without Medicaid … expansion. What about the fact that all over Alabama … is becoming extinct?
Alabama voters deserve better representation … attorney Shomari Figures offer Alabama residents an opportunity …
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Why Is It So Hard to Get a Doctor’s Appointment in Philadelphia?
23 Apr 2024 16:00 GMT
… federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Since 1997, that … who rely on Medicare or Medicaid. This often means — here we … I called, somewhat randomly, the Ala Stanford Center for Health Equity …