Health care matters. It's infrastructure, just like roads and schools, and Alabama needs to invest in it. MEDICAID EXPANSION would be a significant start!
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Alabama has an opportunity to generate billions of dollars in economic activity and state savings and provide more than 340,000 Alabamians with health insurance coverage.
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View two reports that provide proof of benefits/savings
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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 Medicaid 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?
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It's critical to Alabama's economic infrastructure.
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AL Hospitals have $20 billion annual economic impact.
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Hospitals employ 90,000 people statewide and support an additional 96,000 jobs.
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Good health care is critical in recruiting new businesses and keeping existing ones.
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What is Medicaid?
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Medicaid is a state and federal program that provides health insurance to low-income children, pregnant women, the elderly and the disabled.
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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.
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Without Medicaid, many providers (hospitals, doctors, pharmacists) could not survive, leaving communities without access to health care.
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Why expand it?
Faces of Medicaid
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More than 340,000 more Alabamians could get health coverage. Most of them are working.
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Expansion would greatly strengthen the health care infrastructure - Hospitals in expansion states are 84% less likely to close.
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Alabama would have better health outcomes and would save money in the long run.
*$11.4 billion in new economic impact
* Includes $715 million in new state and local tax revenue over four years.
* An estimated 340,000 could get covered
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We simply can't afford to pass it up
Video: More Rural Hospitals Will Close
Video: Will the Hospital have a Bed if You Need it?
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