Affordable Care Act Medicaid expansion

An estimated half million Alabamians could see the cost of their healthcare jump by up to twenty five percent as soon as today. The Kaiser Family Foundation website says that’s how many Alabamians are covered by the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, and by how much the cost of that coverage may increase with the expiration of federal subsidies. That apparently doesn’t include the number of state residents who will lose their health insurance altogether.

Some Alabama lawmakers are considering what to do with a budget surplus in state coffers. Others are suggesting an expansion of Medicaid.

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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Health and advocacy groups are urging Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey and legislators to expand the state’s Medicaid program as the…

President Barack Obama will be in Birmingham this afternoon to talk about the economy.The President will be speaking at Lawson State Community College on…

The current state legislation session is underway and one topic that seems to be getting a cold reception is Medicaid expansion. Governor Robert Bentley…

The Moral Mondays movement has spread from North Carolina to Alabama.Founder William Barber urged a crowd on the state Capitol steps Monday to push…

A new report details who exactly would benefit from expanded Medicaid in Alabama. The advocacy group Alabama Arise and the national Families USA are…

State officials say Alabama Medicaid's monthly enrollment has topped 1 million for the first time.Officials said Thursday that a review of data for the…

All year long, Alabama Public Radio is collaborating with A-L-dot-com on the Affordable Care Act. The federal deadline to sign-up for health insurance is…