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New Billboard Calls Attention to Alabama’s Health Coverage Gap and Rural Hospital Closures
... (ACS CAN) unveiled a new billboard today near Jackson Hospital, calling attention to the critical need for Medicaid expansion to strengthen health care access and reinforce Alabama’s hospitals. The billboard features the message “Save Jackson Hospital. Expand Medicaid now.” alongside an image of an ambulance and highlights the urgent need to close Alabama’s health coverage gap to keep hospitals open. According to a report from the Center for Healthcare Quality and Payment Reform, more than half of ...
ACS CAN Documentary Profiling Alabama Voices Benefitting from Medicaid Progam Chosen for Screening at Lanett Film Festival
LANETT, AL – August 6, 2020 – With the COVID-19 pandemic shining a bright light on the importance of affordable and accessible health insurance coverage, Medicaid continues to be a central topic of discussion among public health advocates, hospital and health systems administrators, community leaders and state lawmakers. Now that conversation continues inthe world of arts and culture. The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) documentary On the Edge : Health Care in Alabama was recently selected as a finalist for the Lanett City Film Festival taking place next week. On the Edge will be shown on ...
ACS CAN Profiles Alabama Voices of those Impacted by Medicaid Program through Launch of Digital Storybook
Today, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) launched a collection of digital stories from individuals, families and health care professionals as part of its Medicaid Covers US project. The stories feature people directly impacted by Medicaid across several states ... features the faces and stories of those who have been helped by the program, those who could benefit from the program if they were eligible and health professionals who have seen what critical role this program plays for their patients and their health systems. ACS CAN’s Medicaid ...
ACS CAN Joins with Historic Montgomery Church to Host Film Screening to Call on Governor to Act
... Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) has joined efforts with the historic St. Paul AME Church to call on Gov. Kay Ivey to extend life-saving health care coverage to 220,000 Alabamians. The church, where Rosa Parks once worshipped, will host a film screening of “Requiring Justice: Faith & the Coverage Gap” Sunday, August 6, at 12:30 p.m. The film discusses the faith community’s dedication to addressing the health care crisis in Alabama. The event comes as momentum builds in the state for Medicaid expansion to help people access preventive and ...
Medicaid Expansion & The End of Continuous Coverage in Alabama
... expansion? During the pandemic, Congress put in place continuous coverage protections to ensure that Medicaid enrollees were able to keep their health coverage without needing to re-enroll. These protections will end as soon as April 1st, 2023. States will begin reviewing the eligibility of ... and drop coverage for those who no longer qualify or do not provide updated information. 61,000 Alabamians are now at risk of losing their health coverage and access to the care they need to get and stay healthy. The stakes are not the same throughout the country. Those living in Alabama will have fewer options for ...
MEDIA ADVISORY: Patient Advocates Join Together at State House for Medicaid Expansion Advocacy Day
... host Medicaid Expansion Advocacy Day at the Alabama State House to urge action on Medicaid expansion. This event will spotlight the critical health care coverage gap affecting nearly 200,000 Alabamians and the ongoing crisis facing our rural hospitals. The groups will hold a news conference at ... state nearly $400 million per year over the next six years. This advocacy day aims to demonstrate the widespread support for closing Alabama's health care coverage gap and to call on the Alabama legislature and Gov. Kay Ivey to act now. 0 MEDIA ADVISORY: Patient Advocates Join Together at ...
Alabama Call to Prayer Scheduled Ahead of Legislative Session
... take part in a Call to Prayer this weekend ahead of the kickoff to the state’s legislative session. The event highlights the need for improved health care access for the 220,000 hardworking Alabamians living in the coverage gap who could benefit from Medicaid expansion. “There are more than ... on Thursday, January 30 and Friday, January 31 HOW: Contact Stacy Jacobson to schedule an interview 0 Congregations Pray for Health Care for the 220,000 Alabamians who Could Access Care through Medicaid Expansion Alabama Call to Prayer Scheduled Ahead of Legislative ...