More than 100 organizations from across Alabama are urging federal lawmakers to vote against a Congressional budget that they say would jeopardize health care and food assistance for families.

Alabama dentists are seeking emergency funding in the upcoming Medicaid budget, warning that they are “in a crisis situation.”

Congressional lawmakers passed a budget resolution that could set the stage for over $1 trillion in cuts to health coverage and food assistance over the next decade.

Specifically, HB322 "would require the Alabama Medicaid Agency to cover screening and would also regulate how Medicaid covers prescription drugs used to treat postpartum depression."

The House of Representatives last week passed a Republican budget proposal that calls for $2 trillion in spending cuts. This includes at least $880 billion in mandatory spending cuts on programs of the House Energy and Commerce Committee,

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Thirty-year-old Kiana George works at a child care program in Camden, Alabama. She makes too much to qualify for Medicaid and too little to qualify for federal subsidies ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. ( WIAT) — People gathered in Montgomery for Medicaid Expansion Advocacy Day on Tuesday. One group, Cover Alabama, said it wants lawmakers and the governor to expand Medicaid. It said nearly 200,000 Alabamians are in the coverage gap. Republicans said they would consider it, but the cost is a concern.