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

“This bill would require the Alabama Medicaid Agency to cover screening and would also regulate how Medicaid covers prescription drugs used to treat postpartum depression,” the legislation states.

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

The Alabama Senate passed legislation aimed at getting pregnant women to the doctor sooner if they are eligible for Medicaid.

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HB89 would provide presumptive Medicaid eligibility to pregnant Alabamians before their Medicaid applications are reviewed ...

HB89 provides prenatal care to low-income pregnant people, improving maternal health with an estimated $1 million annual cost ...

Melanie Cleveland, director of communications for the Alabama Medicaid Agency, told The Hill, “It is our understanding that access to the portal has been halted temporarily, and we are currently ...

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(The Hill) – State Medicaid programs across the country are reporting they’ve lost access to federal payment portals one day after President Trump announced a freeze on federal grants and aid.