Henry Mabry

Series Part 3: How Can Alabama Address Its Medicaid Crisis?

By Henry C. Mabry This is the final in a three-part series focusing on Alabama’s Medicaid issues. More funds are available without raising taxes Besides utilization, the other major issue concerns funding and this does not mean nickeling and diming taxpayers year end and year out to bandaid the system. Funding can be addressed in … Continued

May 5, 2016

Series Part 2: How Can Alabama Address Its Medicaid Crisis?

By Henry C. Mabry This is the second in a three-part series focusing on Alabama’s Medicaid issues. State General Fund cannot keep up with Medicaid, as is In any given year where the state General Fund grows two percent and Medicaid needs five percent of the state General Fund in the next year, then somebody … Continued

May 4, 2016

Series: How Can Alabama Address Its Medicaid Crisis?

By Henry C. Mabry This is the first in a three-part series focusing on Alabama’s Medicaid issues. Alabama’s largest state General Fund expenditures are concerning the Alabama Medicaid Program where almost two out of every five dollars is spent on the program. The state General Fund’s contribution to Medicaid has increased from one out of … Continued

May 3, 2016

Prisons Math Doesn’t Added Up

By Dr. Henry Mabry More questions remain concerning the $800 million prison bond issue. Under the plan, all but two prisons are to be shuttered, four new prisons will replace all of those being closed, and the huge overcrowding problem is supposed to be eliminated. The only problem with this assertion is that overcrowding will … Continued

May 2, 2016

Building Prisons Should Not be Viewed in Isolation

By Dr. Henry C. Mabry The proposed $800 million prison bond issue appears headed for passage in the Alabama Legislature; however, issues remain that should be considered for the near term and future. Potential savings by building new prisons should not be viewed in isolation. Needs of the overall prison system and past and present … Continued

April 26, 2016

Impeachment Is the Wrong Way

By Dr. Henry C. Mabry Much talk has swirled around Montgomery about impeachment of Gov. Robert Bentley. It would be understandable if the Governor had engaged in high crimes and misdemeanors; however, this issue boils down to sordid innuendo for which the biggest of rumors may never have even happened. At least the person of … Continued

April 18, 2016

A Further Look at Medicaid RCO Funding

By Dr. Henry C. Mabry Further questions have arisen regarding the Medicaid General Fund issue and clarification has been sought concerning the needs for Medicaid in 2017 for the new managed care program. Additional detail is provided to better inform readers and to clarify unclear information presented in the initial article regarding this topic. Many … Continued

March 17, 2016

$60 Million in New Spending by State Required for Medicaid RCOs

By Dr. Henry C. Mabry The pending state General Fund Budget is generating discussion concerning Gov. Robert Bentley’s demand to include an additional $100 million for Medicaid. Without this amount, the governor is threatening a veto and June special legislative session. The governor says Medicaid will not be adequately funded and that the new managed … Continued

March 14, 2016

Alternative Funding Exists Without New Revenue

By Dr. Henry C. Mabry The Alabama Senate passed an austere State General Fund Budget that has many agencies mostly level-funded. Medicaid, under the Senate-passed version of the budget, is proposed to be level funded after the agency requested $156 million more from the State General Fund, and after Gov. Robert Bentley requested an additional … Continued

February 29, 2016

Profit agenda drains education funds

By Dr. Henry Mabry AEA Executive Secretary As President Abraham Lincoln said, “You can fool some of the people all of the time, all of the people some of the time, but you can not fool all of the people all of the time.” Maybe that’s why 100,000 people rallied at the North Carolina Capitol … Continued

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