"This bill threatens those protections by allowing the sale of health plans that are not required to cover essential health benefits… and can discriminate against individuals with pre-existing conditions, including cancer." tinyurl.com/56kaddn2 #alpol Alabama Reflector bsky: @alreflector.bsky.com

"Medicaid covers over 1 million people in Alabama. It pays for about half the births in the state. It’s critical to the functioning of Alabama’s hospitals and nursing homes," Brian Lyman writes in the Alabama Reflector bsky: @alreflector.bsky.com. #alpolitics #CoverAlabama alabamareflector.com/2025/04/14/the…

“HB477 would take us in the wrong direction by promoting unregulated plans that can deny coverage and leave families on the hook for devastating medical bills," Debbie Smith tells the Alabama Political Reporter. #alpolitics #CoverAlabama

"[Medicaid expansion] would boost workforce participation, create thousands of jobs and help rural hospitals and clinics remain open to serve everyone in their communities," #CoverAlabama's Debbie Smith tells Cynthia Gould for ABC 33/40 News. #alpolitics

Congress is rushing through cuts to Medicaid that will rip health care away from millions of Americans. Now is the time to share our stories and demand they stop these cuts to our health care! #HandsOffMedicaid #MyHealthCareStory familiesusa.org/follow-health-…

Tell Congress: Hands off Medicaid! Take action today at secure.everyaction.com/qsCUbOayukuk0f… Families USA

From Arise's Robyn Hyden: Today I joined Rep. Terri A. Sewell to say that terminating Medicaid coverage will terminate people who rely on this life-saving care. The prenatal care that saved my life and my son’s life could be at risk for thousands of Alabams moms and babies.

Our campaign director Debbie Smith (Debbie Smith) was among the speakers at a town hall on federal threats to food assistance and health care today in Birmingham. Learn more about these proposed cuts — and how you can speak out against them: alarise.org/blog-posts/fed…

“Any cut to Medicaid is concerning when you have the bare bones program that we have. We really can’t afford to cut anywhere,” Cover Alabama's Debbie Smith tells Alander Rocha at the Alabama Reflector bsky: @alreflector.bsky.com. #alpolitics alabamareflector.com/2025/06/02/fed…

“They’ll be losing access to health care,” Cover Alabama's Debbie Smith tells Alabama Daily News. “That could be losing their access to prescriptions, somebody (with) diabetes, losing their insulin coverage, and could… lead to them dying.” #alpolitics aldailynews.com/trumps-big-bea…

“This legislation doesn’t just threaten health coverage for low-income families. It also would strip Alabama of the tools, flexibility and funding we need to manage our own Medicaid program in the way that works best for our state,” #CoverAlabama's letter to lawmakers says.

Call today to protect health care for 190,000 Alabamians. Sen. Tommy Tuberville - (202) 224-4124 Sen. Katie Britt - (202) 224-5744

🚨 190,000 Alabamians could lose their health care if Congress passes the “big beautiful bill.” Families will be forced to skip medications, delay care or go to the ER in crisis. We can’t let this happen. Contact your members of Congress today! votervoice.net/CoverAlabama/C… #alpolitics

“My heart sank, you know? I put my head in my head in my hands and may have literally gasped, ‘Oh, no!’," Birmingham resident Virginia reacts to potential federal budget cuts to health care. Read her full story at coveralabama.org/virginia. #alpolitics #CoverAlabama

📉 Alabama could lose $619 million in federal health care funding under the proposed “big beautiful bill” — denying Medicaid expansion coverage to more than 200,000 veterans, college students, and caregivers. This is wrong. ✊ Take action now: votervoice.net/CoverAlabama/C…

If the “Big Beautiful Bill” passes, Alabama’s already strained health care system could collapse further. Hospitals will close. People will become uninsured. Lives will be lost. We need to stop it. Take action: contact your lawmakers today. votervoice.net/CoverAlabama/C…