Senate’s proposed Medicaid cuts worry Alabama health care providers
The
"Our initial impressions are that it's going to be devastating for
Requests for comment were sent on Thursday to the offices of
Medicaid covers over 1 million Alabamians, despite strict coverage requirements. Childless able-bodied adults almost never qualify. Parents of children eligible for Medicaid can receive benefits if they make 18 percent of the poverty line -- about
"A large portion of their practice is Medicaid," said Dr.
The federal government and the state split the costs of the program. The state has struggled to pay for its share, due to rising costs and legislators' unwillingness or inability to raise taxes or create new revenues for the General Fund. But the federal match is generous:
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The loss of federal money would require the
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Howard said with few services offered by Alabama Medicaid already, the state would have to cut reimbursements to doctors in Medicaid or adult prescription services, which she called "unconscionable."
Strange and his opponents in this summer's
"It seems like if you had federal participation the way we had it, there was some security there," she said. "It made us feel like 'OK, we can scratch here.' The federal government holds the state government accountable. Now it may not."
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