A few dozen Alabama lawmakers heard a presentation over the weekend on “ALL Health,” a proposed, Alabama-specific plan to use Medicaid expansion dollars to offer private health insurance ...

News Alabama reviewing incentives to expand Medicaid under American Rescue Plan Updated: Mar. 22, 2021, 8:37 a.m. | Published: Mar. 22, 2021, 8:37 a.m.

Advocates say many might not be aware they are on Medicaid due to the program's name changes. See what it's called in each ...

Alabama's Medicaid program to end the sobriety mandate on people getting hepatitis treatment has reached a settlement. This allows those with drug abuse issues to seek treatment.

Alabama is one of 12 states that have taken no action toward expanding Medicaid eligibility under the Affordable Care Act. Previous studies have estimated that expansion would add around 300,000 ...

A physician told Alabama’s Medicaid Agency Thursday that the state needed to spend newly-available federal money to address child gun violence cases. “We learned that there would be money on ...

The biggest issue on the primary election ballot is State Question 802, which if approved would expand Medicaid coverage in the state. All voters, Republican, Democrat and independent, will be ...

Alabama’s total Medicaid spending is $7.9 billion, and the state receives $6.1 billion in Federal Medicaid funding. In Alabama, 51% of enrollees are children, 28% come from rural areas and 23% ...

A pregnant woman in Alabama with no dependents can qualify for Medicaid if she makes $21,996 or less, or up to $37,704 if she is part of a household of three.

The Alabama House has passed the SB102 bill, which introduces "presumptive eligibility" for Medicaid, allowing the program to cover outpatient medical care for pregnant women for up to 60 days ...

Effective Oct. 1, 2022, the Alabama Medicaid Agency will no longer “delay, deny, or fail to pay for [antiviral] treatment of [Hepatitis C] based on any Medicaid recipient’s use of drugs or alcohol,” ...