Gov. Robert Bentley has yet to announce if he will call a special session to find a solution for a number of bills he has been pushing that didn't pass the state legislature. The most expensive of those issues is the state's Medicaid program. The Alabama Senate this week voted 26-1 to level fund Medicaid at $700 million, which is $85 million less than what the Alabama Medicaid Agency had requested in budget hearings. If the remaining $85 million isn't met, Bentley said targeted cuts will occur…

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