Health care matters.  It's infrastructure, just like roads and schools, and it's time to invest in a HEALTHY ALABAMA.        

 

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Health care matters to everyone.  It's a vital part of the state's infrastructure, and Medicaid is a key part of it. Expanding access to care would mean more jobs, significant savings for the state, increased economic activity and better access to care for all Alabamians.

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Why is health care so important?

  • It's critical to Alabama's economic infrastructure.

  • AL Hospitals have $20 billion annual economic impact.

  • Hospitals employ 90,000 people statewide and support an additional 96,000 jobs.

  • Good health care is critical in recruiting new businesses and keeping existing ones.

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What is Medicaid?

  • Medicaid is a state and federal program that provides health insurance to low-income children, pregnant women, the elderly and the disabled.  

  • Medicaid is a vital part of Alabama’s health care system. It supports thousands of jobs and billions of dollars in the heath care sector.

  • Without Medicaid, many providers (hospitals, doctors, pharmacists) could not survive, leaving communities without access to health care.

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Why expand access to care?

Faces of Medicaid

  • More than 340,000 more Alabamians could get health coverage.  Most of them are working.

  • Expansion would greatly strengthen the health care infrastructure - Hospitals in expansion states are 84% less likely to close.    

  • Alabama would have better health outcomes and would save money in the long run.

According to two reports on expanding access to care, Alabama has an opportunity to invest in a Healthy Alabama by generating billions of dollars in economic activity and state savings and provide more than 340,000 Alabamians with health insurance coverage.

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Find out more:

 

A Healthy Alabama Matters to:

Opioid Crisis
Infant Mortality
Cancer  Care
Prison
Reform
Rural Alabama
 

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