Alabama dentists are seeking emergency funding in the upcoming Medicaid budget, warning that they are “in a crisis situation.” The Alabama Academy of Pediatric Dentistry is asking legislators for more ...

"I tend to just hope that rational conversations are going to eventually happen and that things will kind of sort themselves ...

Lawmakers are hopeful expanding healthcare access will bring down Alabama’s climbing infant and maternal mortality rates.

Alabama could face significant funding losses if Congress moves forward with budget resolutions that propose deep cuts to ...

Cuts to Medicaid spending could prove to be the most devastating threat to the sector yet, F. King Alexander and Stephen ...

HB89 would provide presumptive Medicaid eligibility to pregnant Alabamians before their Medicaid applications are reviewed ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Initial filings for unemployment benefits in Alabama dropped last week compared with the week prior, the U.S. Department of ...

The Southern Rural Black Women’s Initiative for Economic and Social Justice works to overcome race, class, cultural, ...

Alabama House Expedites Medicaid for Pregnant Women, Joining Other States With High Mortality Rates MONTOGMERY, Ala. (AP) — A bill that would expedite Medicaid coverage and prenatal health care ...

MONTOGMERY, Ala. (AP) — A bill that would expedite Medicaid coverage and prenatal health care for low-income pregnant women in Alabama has advanced as lawmakers across the South try to address ...