Brenda’s son Lary was diagnosed with leukemia at only 2 years old. She fought for him then, and he miraculously survived. She’s still fighting for him more than 40 years later.Like nearly 200,000 Alabamians, Lary is in the health coverage gap. He earns too much money to...

Rural hospitals continue to close. We are in a health care crisis, and the toll on people and communities across our state is growing:More than 1 in 4 women in Alabama (27.9%) live more than 30 minutes away from a hospital with labor and delivery services.Twenty-four...

A rural hospital in south Alabama, Grove Hill Memorial Hospital, recently closed its labor and delivery department. As a result, women from the area may have to drive more than an hour to deliver their babies. This is dangerous for both mothers and their babies. Evidence...

They’re our family, friends and neighbors. The construction worker with high blood pressure who can’t afford medication. The hairstylist with a family history of breast cancer who wants a screening mammogram. The truck driver who previously smoked and knows he should have...

Alabama remains part of a dwindling group of just 10 states that have not closed the health coverage gap. More states are starting to realize the benefits of Medicaid expansion and finally adopting this life-saving measure.But Alabama unfortunately remains an outlier...