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Shelby Remains Committed to Repealing Obamacare

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Thursday, December 3, US Senator Richard Shelby (R-Alabama) released a statement following the Senate’s vote on the Restoring Americans’ Healthcare Freedom Reconciliation Act, reaffirming his commitment to repealing Obamacare (the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010). Sen. Shelby said, “For the last five years, the American … Continued
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December 7, 2015

API Says $710 Million Estimate is Likely Low

On Wednesday, December 2 the ‘Alabama Political Reporter’ reported that the Alabama Policy Institute (API) had warned state decision makers that expanding the expensive Alabama Medicaid program would cost tax payers another $710 million over six years. That is in addition to the $1.9 billion a year that the state already spends each year paying … Continued
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December 3, 2015

Five Things to Watch Next Session  

By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY—With the 2016 Legislative Session a little more than two months away, the challenges set before our lawmakers are coming into focus. A few of the items which will top the agenda are: public corruption, Obamacare, taxes, prisons, and public pensions. None of these issues are new, but the … Continued
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November 27, 2015

United Healthcare May Pull out of Obamacare

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Monday, US Representative Bradley Byrne (R-Montrose) said that reports that the nation’s largest healthcare insurer, United Healthcare, may drop out of Obamacare next year is a sign that Obamacare is fundamentally broken. There are reports that the company may stop providing exchange compliant healthcare coverage in 2017 due … Continued
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November 24, 2015
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Connecting the Dots, Facing the Inevitable

By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter In Montgomery, it is not always easy to connect the dots on a particular piece of legislation or policy, but the latest round of news stories coming from the Office of Gov. Robert Bentley makes it apparent, that the governor wants to expand Medicaid and pay for it with … Continued
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November 20, 2015

Sessions Opposes Vote On Debt Deal

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Tuesday, October 27 Speaker of the House of Representatives John Boehner (R from Ohio) and President Barack H. Obama (D) announced that they had reached an agreement in principle on the budget and raising the debt ceiling to prevent a government shutdown.  U.S. Senator Jeff Sessions (R from Alabama) … Continued
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October 30, 2015

Ted Cruz in Tuscaloosa Tonight

  By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter  The 44 year old Republican Presidential candidate, and US Senator Ted Cruz from Texas, will speak to the Tuscaloosa Republican Party at their annual Lincoln-Reagan dinner, on Tuesday, August 25, at Bryant-Denny Stadium.  The Texas Senator has already made campaign stops in Pelham and Huntsville this month.  US … Continued
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August 25, 2015

Mass Crowds Welcome Ted Cruz to Alabama

  By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Republican Presidential candidate and US Senator Ted Cruz from Texas made campaign stops in Pelham and Huntsville on Sunday, August 9, following the Red State event in Atlanta and a campaign stop in Noonan, Georgia on Saturday.  Over 850 people crowded the Pelham Civic Center Complex off of … Continued
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August 10, 2015

House Cuts Medicaid by 23 Percent

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Wednesday, August 5, the Republican controlled Alabama House of Representatives passed a controversial state General Fund (SGF) budget that if actually passed and implemented will have enormous impacts on both low income Alabama households and the Alabama healthcare industry. The four biggest payers of medical bills in the state … Continued
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August 6, 2015