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The designation allows federal waivers giving Medicare, Medicaid and CHIP providers flexibility to ensure uninterrupted service as storm recovery continues.
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- Elections
- Governor
Ivey awards $8.1 million for Alabama research projects
Governor Ivey honors final trooper class of her administration
Governor requests FEMA funding for storm-impacted counties
Ivey awards $27 million to Auburn, Alabama School of Healthcare Sciences
Opinion | Ivey served justice. She can help finish the work
- Legislature
- Economy
- National
Strong touts $203 million in Rural Health Transformation Program funding
Sewell accepting applications for Spring 2027 internships
VA awards $18 million for North Alabama US Veterans Cemetery
Alabama delegation urges Trump to approve Isaias disaster declaration
Figures backs Alabama disaster declaration after Hurricane Isaias
- Education
Opinion | Fifty years later, one can return to a college presidency
Alabama approves Ten Commandments poster for public schools starting in January
Ivey awards $27 million to Auburn, Alabama School of Healthcare Sciences
Alabama’s specialty schools have opened admission
Governor: CHOOSE Act helps student stay at school
- Health
Montgomery launches campaign benefiting survivors of domestic violence
UAB Hospital CEO Brenda Carlisle to retire this year
UAB to dedicate $192 million Shelby Biosciences Research Building
HHS declares public health emergency in Alabama after Hurricane Isaias
Seniors say Medicare Advantage cuts could influence their votes
- Opinion
Medicare stories
Elections
A national poll finds seniors across party lines oppose Medicare Advantage funding cuts and say lawmakers’ votes could influence support.
Congress
The Senate unanimously passed Senator Katie Britt’s Clergy Act, allowing eligible clergy who opted out of Social Security to re-enroll for a period.
Opinion
It's a good time for our Republican elected officials in D.C. to reinforce the long-standing Conservative tradition of protecting our seniors.
Health
A new report placed Alabama's Medicare performance among the ten worst states nationwide.
Opinion
Seniors and veterans deserve to know that the care they rely on today will still be there tomorrow.
Congress
Sewell welcomed cancer advocates, highlighting legislation to ensure access to cutting-edge early detection screenings for seniors.
Congress
This legislation would pause impending funding reductions to give Congress and the industry time to develop a better, more sustainable payment system.
Congress
Alabama could lose billions with cuts to Medicaid, straining rural hospitals and reducing care access for vulnerable residents.
Congress
Nonpartisan health policy institution KFF estimated 170,000 Alabamians will become uninsured if the "Big Beautiful Bill" is signed into law.