Medicaid Expansion

Doug Jones holds drive-in re-election rally in Leeds

Incumbent Democratic Sen. Doug Jones held a re-election rally in Leeds on Monday at the soon-to-reopen drive-in theater at Grand River. Participants were in their cars listening to Jones speak on stage over their car radios or sitting in lawn chairs by their cars to allow for all of the necessary social distancing. Jones and … Continued

September 8, 2020

Jones calls for McConnell to bring the Senate back to work on bipartisan aid package

Alabama Sen. Doug Jones and two of his Democratic Senate colleagues — Nevada Sen. Jacky Rosen and New Hampshire Sen. Maggie Hassan — led 10 other senators in a letter asking Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky to bring the Senate back into session and work through the weekend until Congress reaches a bipartisan deal … Continued

August 3, 2020

Sen. Doug Jones argues for passage of SAME Act

Sen. Doug Jones, D-Alabama, spoke on the floor of the U.S. Senate this week in an attempt to secure passage of the States Achieve Medicaid Expansion Act, a bill that would incentivize states like Alabama to expand Medicaid by restoring 100-percent federal reimbursements for the first three years. Jones’ push to bring in additional federal … Continued

July 31, 2020

Nine people protesting for Medicaid expansion arrested outside Alabama Capitol

Among those arrested was former State Sen. Hank Sanders.

July 28, 2020

Report: Medicaid expansion needed during COVID-19 crisis

More than 340,000 Alabamians are suffering because the state hasn’t expanded Medicaid, and during the COVID-19 pandemic, the need to do so is all the more critical, according to a report released Wednesday. The Montgomery-based nonprofit Alabama Arise’s report, Medicaid Matters: Charting the Course to a Healthier Alabama, details how an expansion of the federal … Continued

June 17, 2020

Lottery, sentencing reform, and medical marijuana all dead for this year

Thursday, the Alabama Legislature made the decision to kill all statewide legislation in a move to end the 2020 regular legislative session as quickly as possible. The decision was made to deal only with budgets and members prized local bills. The decision kills all of the prison and sentencing reform bills, the medical marijuana bill, … Continued

April 24, 2020

There is plenty of money to expand Medicaid. ALGOP lawmakers just don’t want to

There is no money for Medicaid expansion in Alabama. Senate President Del Marsh loves to tell this to people, loves to have a camera in his face, whenever the topic of Medicaid expansion crops us in this state, and tell the media that the budget just won’t support it. Why, that state match of 10 … Continued

April 16, 2020

The conservative scam has been exposed

You’ve been had. Surely you see that now, right? As the world burns around you, with you the last people to know, surely you conservatives can see the con for what it is. Wealthy Republicans have fooled you. Over and over and over. All of those years of voting against your own interests. Of believing … Continued

March 18, 2020

Southern states with Medicaid expansion saw improved overall health, study shows

A new study found that Southern states with Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act saw fewer declines in people’s health, resulting in an overall improvement in health for low-income adults. The study, published by Health Affairs, examined 12 Southern states to compare those that had expanded Medicaid, like Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana and West Virginia, … Continued

January 13, 2020

Expanding Medicaid would cover more than 13,000 Alabama veterans, their family members

More than 13,000 low-income veterans in Alabama and their adult family members who do not have medical insurance would gain access to medical care if the state were to expand Medicaid. Jim Carnes, director of the Montgomery-based nonprofit Alabama Arise, told APR on Friday that it’s a common misconception that veterans in the U.S. have access … Continued

November 12, 2019