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Alabama could lose over $800 million in federal Medicaid funding if U.S. House Republicans go through with a plan to cut hundreds of billions of dollars from the health insurance program ...

A former Alabama Medicaid Agency employee has been indicted for stealing over $100,000 in public funds, according to Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall.

A bill that would expedite Medicaid coverage and prenatal health care for low-income pregnant women in Alabama has advanced as lawmakers across the South try to address rising maternal and infant ...

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.

The Alabama Medicaid Agency did not immediately respond to a request for comment. “Alabama Medicaid’s reversal of its longstanding sobriety restriction will finally allow Medicaid recipients with ...

According to recent data, 70% of Alabama's postpartum deaths were considered preventable.

Alabama Senate Democrats said the federal stimulus bill signed by President Joe Biden provides a “second chance” for additional money to expand the program.

Medicaid expansion in Alabama might have gotten a major boost from the federal government, but only if state officials will go along. The federal stimulus bill signed into law earlier this month ...

According to the Medicaid Agency, the new managed care program is estimated to save Alabama and the federal government between $748 million and $1.079 billion over five years.