Five rural Alabama hospitals are considered “at risk” of closing, according to a report from a reputable center for health ...

The plan, dubbed “All Health,” would use Medicaid expansion dollars to offer private health insurance through Blue Cross or other insurers to roughly 260,000 Alabamians who do not currently ...

In Alabama, many people work but do not qualify for employer- or state-sponsored health insurance. Skip to Article. ... In Alabama, most working adults in the Medicaid gap have restaurant, ...

A new face will soon be appointed to serve as commissioner of the Alabama Medicaid Agency, Gov. Kay Ivey announced on ...

Governor Kay Ivey announced Thursday that Bo Offord will be appointed as the new commissioner of the Alabama Medicaid Agency, ...

Medicaid expansion allows people making up to 138% of the poverty level – $20,782 a year for an individual and $35,632 for a family of three – to get coverage under the federal program.

When covid-19 first struck in 2020 a bipartisan agreement between lawmakers allowed for more low-income families and individuals to get health insurance through the Medicaid system.

Alabama is one of 19 states, mostly in the South, that have refused to accept the health law’s provision to extend Medicaid to everyone earning less than 138% of the federal poverty level ...

An Alabama House committee has approved a bill that would grant Medicaid the authority to sue parents who fail to enroll their children in available employer-sponsored health insurance.

Medicaid expansion allows people making up to 138% of the poverty level – $20,782 a year for an individual and $35,632 for a family of three – to get coverage under the federal program.