In an effort to address high maternal and infant mortality rates plaguing many of the Southern US states, legislators in Alabama have passed a bill that will allow Medicaid to be more easily ...

The legislation, which recently passed through the Alabama Legislature, would expand Medicaid access for low-income women during their first trimester of pregnancy. The Medical Association of the ...

but concern over future regulation has arisen following a controversial Alabama Supreme Court decision last year. A bill to protect women’s access to both passed the House with bipartisan ...

In more recent memory, theocratic regimes from Iran to Afghanistan have shown the cost of governing through religious ...

The latest boost, approved on Thursday as part of the House budget plan, would be a $70 million increase over the current biennium, with the funds coming out of the state’s Medicaid budget.

He said Trump has made clear he doesn’t want any benefit cuts for those who get health insurance coverage through Medicaid ... a final bill will pass with the House winning the most important ...

Mainstream anti-abortion groups have largely shied away from legislation that would punish women for having ... In 2022, when one such bill passed a Louisiana state House subcommittee, it sparked ...

“Proposed Medicaid funding cuts would have devastating consequences” on enrollees, including children, pregnant women, seniors ... in an interview with CNN in late February after the House passed a ...

House Majority Rejects Amendment to Keep the 53-year-old NHFPP Funded for No-Cost or Low-Cost Essential Health Care The budget also calls for a 3% cut in Medicaid reimbursement ... that the New ...