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1 week ago |
mpbonline.org | Will Stribling
. While reviewing the budget for the state health department passed by the House, Senate leaders realized a $1.9 million appropriation to Methodist Rehabilitation Center in the bill violated federal rules and put over $1 billion in Medicaid funding at risk. Fixing that mistake and addressing concerns Senators had with other bills would’ve been possible had the House not ended its special session shortly after 1 a.m. Thursday morning.
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1 week ago |
mpbonline.org | Drew Hawkins
The purpose of the training isn’t to promote drug use. It’s to reduce the harm of using drugs — to teach safer practices and prevent overdoses, infections, and injuries. “It comes with serious risks,” Cornelissen says about using opioids. “And the overdose is that your heart stops beating. And death is the next step, which happens a lot in the United States of America. That’s where the harm reduction comes in place.”The Netherlands averages around 300 overdose deaths per year.
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1 week ago |
mpbonline.org | Will Stribling
House Speaker Jason White responded to the forced delays by deciding not to allow questions about the bills to be asked before voting, further aggravating tensions between the two sides. “We’ll read bills or debate them,” White said. “We’re not going to do both.”At one point, White threatened to have Democratic Rep. Zakiya Summers of Jackson removed from the House chamber over her attempts to ask questions despite not being recognized by the chairmen presenting bills before a vote.
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2 weeks ago |
mpbonline.org | Will Stribling
That's because major reductions in federal Medicaid matching funds only apply to states that have expanded Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act or provide state-funded healthcare to undocumented immigrants.
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2 weeks ago |
mpbonline.org | Drew Hawkins
The 1917 Clinic is the largest HIV clinic in Alabama, and it’s helped Austin and Smith access treatment for HIV and substance use. The couple is able to pay their rent with help from a service organization called AIDS Alabama. Both organizations rely heavily on federal funding, which is now in jeopardy after cuts from the Trump administration. Birmingham has the highest rates of HIV in the state, and the South has the highest number of people with HIV.
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