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Will Medicaid expansion in Alabama finally pass? – Scalawag

A few years ago, Cortney Brown was playing soccer with her brother and a group of kids at a Caribbean festival in Huntsville, Alabama, when she felt a pang in her abdomen, then a pop. She looked down and a pus-like substance was coming out of her belly button. “Everyone was freaking out,” said Brown, a 32-year-old licensed massage therapist and small...

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Alabama has already put $4 billion toward Medicaid expansion – Scalawag

Alabama is entering the 2021 legislative session, one year into the COVID-19 pandemic. For advocacy groups serving working-class families, Medicaid expansion is the top priority. “Medicaid is more popular now than it ever has been before,” said Jane Adams, the director for the Cover Alabama Coalition. Adams has partnered with more than 100...