Tag: health care
Sallie Bryant: Alabamians need practical solutions for health care
Democratic frontrunner and former Vice President Joe Biden recently unveiled his health care plan. While this public option plan may...
Terri Sewell introduces legislation to tackle growing doctor shortages
It's no secret, the demand for health care services has never been higher. But here in Alabama, and across the country, ...
Terri Sewell introduces two bills to improve rural access to health...
Democrat and Alabama 7th District U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell reached across the aisle last week to her Republican colleague Nebraska 3rd District U.S. Rep. Adrian...
Rising costs of health care leads to another rural Alabama hospital...
Due to the rising costs of health care, the Georgiana Medical Center in Georgiana, Ala. will be closing on March 31. The hospital’s owner,...
High uninsured rates plague Alabama’s rural areas, new report shows
Alabama’s small towns and rural areas have among the highest rates of uninsured low-income adult citizens in the country, and residents there are more...
Alabama Hospital Association begins campaign for Medicaid expansion
With one in every 10 patients walking into state hospitals without insurance, the Alabama Hospital Association on Thursday launched a campaign to push for...
Republicans lack votes — and appetite — to end ‘Obamacare’
Arizona's new senator says he'd vote to repeal the nation's health care law. That's one additional Republican ready to obliterate the statute because his...
Jefferson Co. Commissioner, breast cancer survivor Sandra Little Brown highlights local...
Three years after Jefferson County Commissioner Sandra Little Brown fought her own battle with breast cancer and won, she's still working to help increase...
Bradley Byrne: Fighting to save Alabama’s rural hospitals
These are positive times for many Alabamians. Our unemployment rate is at an all-time low, major manufacturers continue to locate in our state, and...
Terri Sewell introduces bill to allow direct Medicare payments to physician...
Given the shortage of physicians and the ever increasing demand for medical services, many physicians depend heavily on physician assistants (PAs) to provide care...
