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AL.com: Food tax cut near top of list of Alabama lawmakers’ accomplishments in 2023 "Alabama Arise, which lobbies for policies that help low-income families, and lawmakers such as former Rep. John Knight, a longtime state budget chairman from Montgomery, called for ending the tax because of its disproportionate burden on low-to-middle income households. Alabama was one of only a few states that fully taxed food," Mike Cason reported for AL.com.  |
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Gray TV, D.C.: Listening to America – Medicaid coverage gap "We need to make sure people have a truthful and factual understanding of what's at stake if we don't expand Medicaid," Arise's Jennifer Harris told told Gray TV's D.C. bureau. Arise board member Kenneth King also shared his story of living in the coverage gap.  |
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ABC 33/40, Birmingham: Birmingham doula program gets grant to serve more parents preparing for childbirth "Our maternal and infant mortality rates are only compounded by the fact that Alabama's extremely low eligibility limits for parents exclude a lot of people from getting access to health care. For example, in Alabama a mother with two children would be over the limit for Medicaid if she earned just $373 a month," Arise's Akiesha Anderson told ABC 33/40 in Birmingham. "Medicaid expansion has significant benefits for both maternal and infant health. Research has shown this. For example, expansion allows moms to have access before, during and even after their pregnancy." |
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CareQuest Institute: Making connections to improve oral health care in Alabama "In this state there are people who have to travel two or three hours, multiple times a week, just to receive the care they need," Arise's Jennifer Harris told our partners at CareQuest Institute for Oral Health. Arise is working to make health care more affordable and accessible in communities across Alabama. |
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