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.
What is Alabama doing to vaccinate Black people against COVID?
Updated Feb 09, 2021;
Posted Feb 08, 2021
Dr. Mary McIntyre, chief medical officer for the Alabama Department of Public Health, receives the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine Monday, December 21, 2020 at Baptist South Medical Center in Montgomery. (Governor s Office/Hal Yeager)
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The state’s effort to improve access to the COVID-19 vaccine and build trust in the vaccine for one of Alabama’s most vulnerable groups – Black residents – is lacking for a population nearly three times more likely to die from and almost four times more likely to be hospitalized with COVID-19 than whites, advocates say.