This story first appeared in the Alabama Reflector. Last fall, Patricia called her counselor in a panic. A 29-year-old North Alabama mom, she was about to lose her Medicaid coverage, which was set to ...

State Medicaid programs across the country reported Tuesday they had lost access to federal payment portals one day after ...

Despite this legal entitlement, many transition-age youth and young adults leaving foster care lose their Medicaid coverage ...

By the late afternoon, states including Alabama, Maryland ... million people in the U.S. were enrolled in Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) in October 2024.

There was wide variance in the share of in-network claims denied from state to state, ranging from 34% in Alabama to 6% in South Dakota. Health insurance companies cited medical necessity in just ...