An Alabama House committee Wednesday approved a bill that would allow Medicaid to sue some parents who don’t enroll their children in employer-provided health insurance when available.

Lawmakers are hopeful expanding healthcare access will bring down Alabama’s climbing infant and maternal mortality rates.

Alabama legislators introduced a bill encouraging parents to put kids on employer-sponsored insurance plans instead of ...

One of the biggest concerns is the Maude Whatley Community Health Center, a vital health care facility serving Tuscaloosa and surrounding counties.

Alabama could face significant funding losses if Congress moves forward with budget resolutions that propose deep cuts to ...

Initial filings for unemployment benefits in Alabama dropped last week compared with the week prior, the U.S. Department of ...

Lawmakers in Alabama's House have passed a bill expediting Medicaid for pregnant women in a state with one of the highest maternal mortality rates in the country MONTOGMERY, Ala. -- A bill that ...

Proposed cuts to housing, food assistance and health care are all topics Rep. Terri Sewell says she wants to be transparent ...

Lawmakers in Alabama's House have passed a bill expediting Medicaid for pregnant women in a state with one of the highest maternal mortality rates in the country. The bill now ...

MONTOGMERY, Ala. — 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 ...

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