Tuesday will bring a new session of the Alabama Legislature. But an old question nags at me. How do we get lawmakers who ...

More than half of Alabama children are enrolled in Medicaid and not enough dentists are willing to take Medicaid patients, leaving low-income families in Alabama with limited options. Sometimes, in a ...

FLORENCE, Ala. -- Sometimes, in a quiet moment between appointments, Dr. Carson Cruise runs the financial numbers through his head. They make a cold but compelling case: If he dropped all of the ...

FILE - In this Nov. 8, 2018 file photo, the U.S. Medicare Handbook is photographed in Washington. Making more than the maximum income level for Medicaid isn’t necessarily a deal breaker. After a long ...

Former Alabama Medicaid Agency employee Natalie Colette Lewis pleaded guilty to aggravated theft of property. Lewis faces up to 30 years in prison and a $60,000 fine. A former employee of the Alabama ...

The continuing growth in states’ Medicaid programs has placed a severe financial strain on state budgets. In fiscal year 2024, Medicaid was the largest category of total state spending, consuming 29.8 ...

Jordyn joined Investopedia in February 2025. She was previously a freelance writer covering lifestyle, entertainment, politics in the Midwest, and more. Getty Images Some Medicaid recipients think ...

MONTGOMERY – Governor Kay Ivey announced Thursday that Bo Offord will be appointed as the new commissioner of the Alabama Medicaid Agency, succeeding Stephanie McGee Azar, who will become the chief ...

Five rural Alabama hospitals are considered “at risk” of closing, according to a report from a reputable center for health services research. U.S. senators requested a list of the rural hospitals from ...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WHNT) — The federal budget bill championed by President Trump is before the U.S. Senate, and it could include changes to Medicaid that would prevent women from receiving early ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WHNT) — A slew of ...