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Congress

Rep. Sewell proposes budget bill amendments to expand healthcare, cut voucher funding

Sewell proposed aiding Americans caught in the Medicaid coverage gap, cutting dollar for dollar tax credits for private school scholarships.

Chance Phillips

May 22, 2025

Judge blocks ACA rule extending health insurance to DACA recipients

Alabama AG Steve Marshall praised a decision blocking ACA coverage for DACA recipients, arguing it would raise state costs.

Mary Claire Wooten

December 11, 2024

Sewell vows to continue building on Affordable Care Act ahead of 14th anniversary

“Access to quality, affordable health care should be a right—not a privilege for the few,” Sewell said.

March 25, 2024

Opinion

A rubber stamp or a thinker? Pick the thinker

Tuberville is nothing but a rubber stamp for Republicans. And rubber stamps are not thinkers.

Joey Kennedy

October 9, 2020

Sen. Doug Jones warns overturning Affordable Care Act will harm Alabama

A federal appeals court in New Orleans heard oral arguments this week in a lawsuit that argues the Affordable Care Act is unconstitutional. U.S. Senator Doug Jones, D-Alabama, says that removing the law could be a matter of life and death for Alabama residents. Jones traveled across the state last week to speak with residents … Continued

Jessa Reid Bolling

July 12, 2019

Opinion

Do what’ll really help: Expand Medicaid

We’ll certainly see whether state Sen. Greg Reed’s support of the new Medicaid Integrated Care Network is worthy and that the program does what is promised. Let’s hope it does, but pardon my cynicism, because any health care program these days that promises to do more for millions of dollars less falls under my “too-good-to-be-true” … Continued

Joey Kennedy

December 13, 2018

Obamacare and boogeyman hit the campaign trail in final days

In the final days of the 2018 general election, the Alabama Republican Party says in a mail piece it strongly supports ending Obamacare, while Gov. Kay Ivey’s team is trotting out a boogeyman in a fundraising effort. Current public opinion polls show that most Americans favor Obamacare, AKA the Affordable Care Act. Especially popular is … Continued

Bill Britt

November 5, 2018

Opinion

We’re perfecting the “art” of being mean

My mother, Patricia Ann Harper Kennedy, has been dead more than 21 years now. She died young, in 1997. She had cancer. She did not have health insurance. Mom couldn’t get health insurance because she had a “pre-existing,” non-malignant tumor a decade before her fatal cancer. She wanted insurance. She could have paid for insurance. … Continued

Joey Kennedy

June 14, 2018

State Cattlemen’s Association President addresses St. Clair Cattlemen

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Friday, March 24, 2017, the St. Clair County Cattlemen’s Association met in Ashville to hear an address from recently elected Alabama Cattlemen’s Association (ACA) President Richard Meadows. St. Clair County Cattlemen’s Association President Terry Brown thanked Richard Meadows for coming all the way from Columbia, Alabama for the event. … Continued

Brandon Moseley

March 31, 2017

Sewell continues to defend Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Republicans are debating voting to repeal and replace the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 in a bill that could come up as soon as Thursday. While most Republican Congressmen favor the American Healthcare Act a conservative faction with the Freedom Caucus argue that the new healthcare … Continued

Brandon Moseley

March 23, 2017