Will the politicians in Montgomery listen? – Alabama workers have sent $14 billion in Medicaid taxes to fund health care in other states over the past few years, money that could have been used at home to improve health and the economy – By Glynn Wilson – Simply for the sake of partisan politics, Republicans…
By Glynn Wilson – On Day 20 of the Trump federal government shutdown, U.S. Senator Doug Jones, the Democrat from Alabama, held a media conference call with reporters on Thursday to provide an update on what’s going on in Congress and Washington to end the shutdown and other national legislative issues, including the latest on…
By Glynn Wilson — WASHINGTON, D.C. — The word is coming out from Capitol Hill. While President Donald Trump and his coterie of converted Republicans push their agenda in this midterm election year, Democrats are pushing access to health care and Medicaid expansion in Washington and the states this summer as a centerpiece of their…
By Hank Sanders – MONTGOMERY, Ala. — What will this looming special legislative session bring? Will it bring fiscal solutions for Medicaid? Will it bring solutions for the hemorrhaging General Fund? Will it bring expansion of Medicaid? Will it bring long lurking gambling efforts to a head? Will it bring better or worse public education?…
By David Underhill – MOBILE, Ala. – You must have been naughty children. Although you didn’t get a lump of coal in your stocking, you got a wad of glop. It’s your present from Alabama governor Robert Bentley, often confused with creepy Mr Burns in The Simpsons show. But that’s only because of their eerily…
By Glynn Wilson – MARION, Va. — The Council of Economic Advisers released a report on Wednesday detailing the negative effects on local economies and public health in states where Republican administrations failed to cooperate with the federal government and expand Medicaid. The report, entitled Missed Opportunities: The Consequences of State Decisions Not to Expand…
