Health care providers around the state were left scratching their heads and scrambling after the Alabama Legislature’s decision to underfund the state’s Medicaid program.
Lawmakers approved $700 million for Medicaid in the general fund, which was $85 million short of what the Alabama Medicaid Agency and Gov. Robert Bentley had called for. That decision led Bentley to introduce some targeted cuts to 10 areas of the program, and experts say these cuts would make it impossible for the state to…
Health care providers around the state were left scratching their heads and scrambling after the Alabama Legislature’s decision to underfund the state’s Medicaid program.
Lawmakers approved $700 million for Medicaid in the general fund, which was $85 million short of what the Alabama Medicaid Agency and Gov. Robert Bentley had called for. That decision led Bentley to introduce some targeted cuts to 10 areas of the program, and experts say these cuts would make it impossible for the state to…