Work to expand healthcare access in Alabama through Medicaid expansion, stronger ACA-based coverage, more community health center funding, and rural healthcare network expansion.

As your Congressman, I’ll work to: Build on the legacy of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) by working to ensure that every person in Alabama can get a checkup every year ... Expand healthcare networks, increase funding for community health centers ... Build out healthcare networks in rural communities through grants ...

Promises to expand healthcare access, fund community health centers, and build rural healthcare networks.

Issues | Figures For Congress
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Congressman Shomari C. Figures announced he was a lead co-sponsor of the COVER Now Act, which would expand health care coverage for people in states that refused Medicaid expansion.

Direct official evidence that Figures actively backed a bill aimed at Medicaid expansion-style coverage in Alabama and other non-expansion states.

partial same_term A for effort

Figures Announces Bill to Broaden Health Care Coverage Due to Alabama’s Refusal to Expand Medicaid
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Congress.gov shows the COVER Now Act was introduced in the House and referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce; the summary says it would let local governments provide Medicaid-expansion coverage in states that have not expanded Medicaid.

The bill matches the Medicaid expansion component of the promise, but as of the recorded status it remained introduced and unpassed.

unresolved same_term A for effort

H.R.608 - COVER Now Act
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Figures and Rep. Brian Jack introduced the Rural Hospital Stabilization Act of 2025, a bill to provide financial support to rural hospitals in Alabama, Georgia and across the country.

This is concrete legislative action on rural health network expansion, especially for rural hospitals.

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Figures, Jack Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Protect Rural Hospitals
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Congress.gov shows H.R. 3063 was introduced by Mr. Figures and referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, with the bill’s purpose to authorize HHS grants to assist rural hospitals.

Official bill text confirms Figures advanced a rural healthcare measure, though it had not become law as of the recorded status.

partial same_term A for effort

H.R.3063 - Rural Hospital Stabilization Act of 2025
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Figures said the $1 million for the Jackson Health Care Authority was the direct result of his FY2026 appropriations request and would support infrastructure improvements and equipment upgrades at Jackson Medical Center.

This is direct appropriations work toward rural healthcare access and health facility support in his district.

partial same_term A for effort

Figures Secures $1M for City of Jackson Health Care Authority
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Congress.gov lists Figures as an original cosponsor of H.R. 2493, the Improving Care in Rural America Reauthorization Act of 2025, a bill related to rural health care programs.

This shows Figures also backed federal rural-health program reauthorization beyond his own bills.

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Representative Shomari Figures | Congress.gov
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