While not everyone will be eligible for renewal, Gov. Kay Ivey’s budget proposal could help some enrollees. It includes $69 million of new funding for Medicaid that would have to be passed by lawmakers.
MONTGOMERY, Ala. - Thousands of Alabamians are set to lose their Medicaid benefits at the end of March.
“All the people that have gotten on Medicaid in the last three years, and maybe their circumstances have changed, and so they no longer qualify, but they’ve been able to keep it for all this time,” said Molly Stone, the executive director of Medical Outreach Ministries.● Update your contact information with Alabama Medicaid● Complete the Alabama Medicaid renewal form
“That is driven largely by the anticipated expiration of the federal public health emergency funds, thereby increasing state obligations for the Medicaid program,” said State Finance Director Bill Poole.
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