Hundreds of thousands of people in Alabama live without insurance, keeping many of them from going to the doctor when needed. When they do get health care, it ends up costing hospitals thousands of dollars in uncompensated care.
These are mainly people who have job; they make too much money to qualify for Medicaid but not enough to afford private insurance.
Alabama is one of 10 states that has not expanded Medicaid coverage to include adults who don’t have children or disabilities. So, the Alabama Hospital Association is working to design a plan that could include more people and satisfy both political parties. “I ended up finding out I had endometriosis,” she revealed. “I had surgery for that, and it made my quality of life a lot better, but financially, I had to pay it off over the course of five years. The surgery itself, just out of pocket, was insane.”“Anyone between the ages of 19 and 64...where we have many working adults who do not have access to health care coverage...
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