By Regina Harrell – I am a primary-care doctor who makes house calls in and around Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Most of my visits are in neighborhoods, but today my rounds start at a house located down a dirt road a few miles outside of town. Gingerly, I cross the front walk; Mrs. Edgars told me that…
In States Like Alabama, Health Care Costs Would Rise, Families Would Be Hurt – Helping ordinary Americans and businesses take advantage of the benefits of America’s new health care law is a top priority for the President and Democrats in Congress, according to a White House press release sent out Thursday with facts for people…
The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – It has now become quite obvious that Alabama Governor Robert Bentley, a doctor who claims to be a Christian, has turned his back on the tired, the poor, the sick and even mainstream working class citizens who are desperate to get health care coverage under the Affordable…
By Glynn Wilson – Governors and lawmakers in 25 states who reject federal support to expand state Medicaid programs are sacrificing thousands of lives and pushing away enormous economic development benefits that come with $426 billion in direct funding over 10 years, according to a new report by Health Care for America Now, a grassroots…
Progressive Democrats Plan Protest Rally Saturday in Birmingham – By Glynn Wilson – The pressure is building for conservative states like Alabama and Texas to join the rest of the nation in getting onboard to help citizens without insurance obtain health care coverage under the Affordable Care Act, otherwise known as Obamacare, for economic reasons.…
By Glynn Wilson – The Unites States Supreme Court is expected to agree on Tuesday to step into the morass once again and decide another signifiant case defining the boundaries between the First Amendment’s rights of free speech and religion. Which is more important to a corporation? To be considered a “person” with full free…
There will be a protest rally for the Affordable Care Act on the steps of the State Capitol in Montgomery from 12 to 2 p.m. Saturday in response to Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley’s failure to set up a plan for an insurance exchange or to expand Medicaid to comply with the law President Barack Obama…
Seniors and people with disabilities in Alabama saved $56.4 million since 2010 In the midst of all the hoopla over Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security in the national political debate, perhaps a few facts are in order. As a result of the Affordable Care Act – the health care law enacted in 2010, also referred…
In a state where the conservative population tends to oppose government regulation of the health care industry more virulently than any other, the Affordable Care Act helped 295,617 people in Alabama with original Medicare receive at least one preventive service at no cost to them during the first five months of 2012, according to the…
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced $2 million in grants to be awarded to community health centers in Alabama due to the new health care law, the Affordable Care Act. Grants from the Affordable Care Act will help build and expand health centers, create jobs, and expand access to an additional 860,000 patients…
The National Center for Health Statistics at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a study Wednesday showing that the Affordable Care Act continues to significantly increase the number of young adults who have health insurance. Because of the health care law, young adults can stay on their parents’ insurance plans through age 26.…
