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“By increasing health care access, we can bolster workforce participation, stimulate economic growth and enhance productivity,” Cover Alabama partners wrote to Gov. Kay Ivey. Read more from Alexander Willis at Alabama Daily News. #alpolitics #CoverAlabama aldailynews.com/organizations-…

.Alabama Arise members pushed us to deepen our work on health equity to go beyond access and to support additional policies to improve maternal and infant health. After spending 3 months in the NICU with my son, I learned a lot about what happens when labor and delivery go wrong.

“Everyone is different, and no situation is permanent. If we can, we’re going to find something for you,” Mark Linn from Enroll Alabama tells Whit Sides, Alabama Apologist. Read more about Alabama's health care navigators. coveralabama.org/navigators

We need to get the word out across Alabama!

"Some 38 and 33 percent of Black and Latino people, respectively, reside in non-expansion states, compared to 26 percent of the overall U.S. population," the Center on Budget writes in a new report. #alpolitics #CoverAlabama

"In the coming months, a large part of southern Alabama will no longer have close access to hospital obstetric delivery services," Safiyah reports for The Associated Press. #alpolitics #CoverAlabama apnews.com/article/alabam…

"We have seen from other states that there's a much less likely chance of our rural hospitals closing in expansion states; it's proven," Debbie Smith tells Shanteya Hudson I Journalist I PR Professional at Public News Service. #alpolitics #CoverAlabama publicnewsservice.org/2024-07-24/hea…

"In Alabama, for example, people are only eligible for Medicaid if they earn at or below 18% of the federal poverty line, about $4,678 a year for a three-person household," Shalina Chatlani reports in the Alabama Reflector. #alpolitics #CoverAlabama alabamareflector.com/2024/07/22/in-…

Appalling. Let’s do better, Alabama!

"Black Alabamians, who make up around 27% of the state’s population, made up 37% of those who lost [Medicaid] coverage during that period," Alexander Willis reports in the Alabama Daily News . #alpolitics #CoverAlabama aldailynews.com/more-than-2500…

“The easiest route is for Governor Ivey to use her executive authority to expand Medicaid, but the legislature can also pass a bill to expand Medicaid during the upcoming legislative session,” Debbie Smith tells FOX10News | WALA. #alpolitics #CoverAlabama fox10tv.com/2024/08/16/und…

"Expanding this coverage to more families means better healthcare options for everyone, hope for rural medical care, and healthier babies," Dr. Max Rogers of Mobile writes in AL.com. #alpolitics #CoverAlabama al.com/opinion/2024/0…

Expanding Medicaid could help keep labor and delivery units open by improving hospitals’ overall finances. Tell your lawmaker to expand Medicaid to protect mothers and babies. #alpolitics #CoverAlabama votervoice.net/CoverAlabama/C…

In less than a year, four hospitals in Alabama have closed their labor and delivery departments, making it harder for women to access maternity care. Closing the health insurance coverage gap through Medicaid expansion is an essential part of the solution. coveralabama.org/savemoms

"Brownsville [TN] became an outlier two years ago and is part of a growing but short list of hospitals in rural counties that have been able to fully reopen," Aallyah Wright reports in Capital B. #CoverAlabama capitalbnews.org/reversing-rura…

"Low Medicaid reimbursements play a role in maternity wards closing in rural areas, along with worker shortages and declining birth rates," The Associated Press reports. #CoverAlabama apnews.com/article/rural-…

"State lawmakers this year began exploring the possibility of expanding Medicaid through a private-public partnership model, however, Gov. Kay Ivey has remained skeptical of the idea, expressing concerns over costs," Alexander Willis reports for the Alabama Daily News. #alpolitics

Another rural community in Alabama is without a hospital. #alpolitics #CoverAlabama al.com/news/2024/09/h…