https://www.waff.com/2020/07/1...d-expansion-alabama/
Around 25 percent of the state’s population qualifies for Medicaid, more than half are children. Currently Alabama receives a 73 percent funding match from the federal government to cover Medicaid expenses. With expansion, that match would increase to 90 percent, but with some associated costs. The state budgeted $752 million for Medicaid in FY 2019. Expansion would cost an additional $168 million during the first year. That number could drop as low as $50 million with savings and revenue increases in the years to follow, according to some in the health care community.