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SOS Announces New Voter Registration Efforts That May Help Democrats in 2016

By Lee Hedgepeth Alabama Political Reporter The Alabama State Conference of the NAACP, Project Vote, and several other voting rights advocacy groups have announced an agreement with Secretary of State Jim Bennett that will involve Medicaid, Social Security, and other public programs actively providing those who sign up or change their address with voter registration … Continued
January 8, 2014

Bedford Prefiles Bronner Bill in Senate

By Lee Hedgepeth Alabama Political Reporter The fight for control over investments of the Employees’ Retirement Systems and the Teachers’ Retirement Systems in Alabama has not yet reached its end. On December 16th, the Alabama Political Reporter reported on events leading up to an identical bill being prefiled on the House side in preparation for … Continued
December 30, 2013

Democrats Strike Back to Regain Bronner’s “Total Unilateral Control”

By Lee Hedgepeth Alabama Political Reporter A fight has been brewing in the state over the fate of day-to-day decision making regarding the investments of the Retirement Systems of Alabama, which manages the Employee Retirement Systems, making it one of America’s twenty largest public pension investment funds in the United States. Governor Robert Bentley, who … Continued
December 16, 2013

Medicaid Expansion: Rejecting the Common Refrain of Big Government

By Cameron Smith Alabama Policy Institute Over the last several months, liberal politicians, members of the media, hospitals and even the head of Alabama’s retirement system have renewed their calls for Alabama to expand Medicaid under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. The left and right have quibbled over economic projections, job creation, state … Continued
December 6, 2013

Jefferson County Residents Discuss Future of Cooper Green

By Beth Clayton Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY–Jefferson County residents looking for health care answers met at the Vestavia Hills Library earlier this week to discuss the state of Cooper Green Hospital and the Jefferson County indigent care fund. Panelists included Mickey Trimm, an associate professor of healthcare management at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and … Continued
July 26, 2013

Roby Says Obamacare Is Bad News

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Congresswoman Martha Roby (R) from Montgomery said recently that there is a lot of bad news coming out of Obamacare lately. Representative Roby said on Facebook, “Obamacare has been in the news a lot lately, but for all the wrong reasons. The more we learn about this law, the … Continued
July 5, 2013

Alabama Medicaid to Have Five RCOs

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY—On Monday, Alabama Medicaid announced that the state of Alabama will have five Regional Care Organizations (RCOs) rather than the seven many people had expected. (see full map) As part of the landmark Medicaid reform legislation passed by the Alabama Legislature and signed into law by the governor the … Continued
June 18, 2013

Hubbard Voted to Pass Bill Guaranteeing His Business Client Millions in Medicaid Funds

By Bill BrittAlabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY—Speaker Mike Hubbard cast repeated votes in favor of House versions of a bill giving exclusive rights to manage Alabama’s Medicaid prescription drug purchasing to a company that employs Hubbard under a lucrative public relations contract. In a series of eleven YES votes cast on April 23rd on state House … Continued
June 11, 2013

Ethics Chief Approves Speaker Contract

By Bill BrittAlabama Political Reporter Alabama Ethics Commission Director James L. Sumner approved a lucrative contract between House Speaker Mike Hubbard and a company seeking favorable Medicaid legislation, even though Sumner never saw the contract and relied entirely on Hubbard’s verbal characterization of the business arrangement. According to Sumner, Hubbard informed him after-the-fact of a … Continued
June 10, 2013

Governor signs Medicaid reform into law

By Beth Clayton Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY–Governor Robert Bentley signed legislation into law yesterday that would reform Medicaid in Alabama. The Governor was joined by the SB340s sponsors, Senator Greg Reed (R-Jasper) and Representative Jim McClendon (R-Springville). The law will establish regional care organizations (RCOs) to manage patient care, however it excludes pharmacies, dentists and … Continued
June 7, 2013