COVID pandemic shows Alabama should expand Medicaid, study says
Updated Feb 23, 2021;
Posted Feb 23, 2021
Hundreds of people sat for hours Wednesday outside Alabama State University's Oliver-Dunn Acadome in Montgomery in hopes of resolving issues that have caused them to be denied unemployment benefits. (Connor Sheets | csheets@al.com)
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A new report from an Alabama public policy organization says the COVID-19 pandemic has revealed barriers to opportunity for the state’s workers, and recommends ways to reverse the damage.
Alabama Arise on Monday put out a report, “The State of Working Alabama 2021,” which suggests lawmakers expand Medicaid and guarantee paid sick leave, as well as improve the state’s unemployment insurance system, among other recommendations.