BIRMINGHAM —Bipartisan legislators and Alabama physicians gathered today in Birmingham to celebrate a landmark maternal healthcare law that takes effect Wednesday.
The new law, known as “presumptive Medicaid eligibility,” speeds access to prenatal care for low-income pregnant women by allowing Medicaid to pay for outpatient medical care for up to 60 days while a woman’s application for Medicaid is being reviewed.
Supporters say the law will help save lives by reducing delays in care and improving Alabama’s troubling rates of maternal and infant mortality…