Medicaid cuts could exacerbate healthcare disparities in Alabama's Black Belt

Medicaid cuts could exacerbate healthcare disparities in Alabama's Black Belt

On Thursday, the University of Alabama’s Education Policy Center published a new policy brief entitled “Healthcare in Alabama’s Black Belt: Impacts of Potential Medicaid Cuts.” The brief details the long-standing healthcare disparities facing Alabama’s Black Belt region and warns that those disparities could be further exacerbated by the severe Medicaid cuts currently being considered by congressional Republicans. “The 24 counties in Alabama’s B…