Alabama Academy of Family Physicians

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

As the 2025 legislative session swings into full gear, the Alabama Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) has set its sights on a cadre of pivotal bills set to shape the healthcare landscape for years to come. This bill would also require the Alabama Medicaid Agency to cover a colonoscopy based on a positive test result.

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Leslie Wharton is a leader in the 26,000 member grassroots organization Elders Climate Action , which organizes older adults to create communities engaged in making a difference at local, state, and national levels. Ruth: That’s not prevention, that’s screening. So yeah, we’re very focused on that.

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GeriPal

APRIL 20, 2023

They found that between 2017 and 2030, they think the percentage of the population that’s 65 and up is going to triple in that 15-year period. So the other part of that thing I would say is all of those things are true about the difference in rates between a community. Eric: Oh, wow. Check your Eurocentric, middle class thinking.

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