Tag: healthcare
Ellis: Healthcare For All. Really?
By Glenn Ellis
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain...
Jefferson County approves UAB-led Healthcare Authority to Run Cooper Green
The Birmingham Times
Calling it a “defining moment” for indigent patients, a majority of Jefferson County Commissioners on Tuesday voted to create a UAB-led Health...
Stress Management Health event July 13 at the Downtown Public Library
By Crystal Mullen-Johnson
Stress dominates our lives if we don’t develop healthy coping mechanisms. Stress can have a detrimental impact on our mental and physical...
Jefferson County takes step to exit the healthcare business
Times staff report
On Tuesday, a divided Jefferson County Commission committee voted to move forward on a university health care authority to manage medical services...
Meet Tiffany Alexander, 27, administrator of a pediatrics urgent care facility...
By Ameera Steward
The Birmingham Times
Spending long periods of time in a hospital with her mother, who had been diagnosed with cancer, gave Tiffany Alexander...
Obamacare Shopping Is Trickier Than Ever. Here’s A Cheat Sheet
By Jay Hancock
Kaiser Health News
Health care is complicated. Shopping for an individual health plan just got even more so, with President Donald Trump’s decision...
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama Appoints New President
Special to The Times
Tim Vines has been named president and chief operating officer of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama.
After a transition period...
The VA in Birmingham serves more than 65,000 veterans from 24...
By Solomon Crenshaw Jr.
For the Birmingham Times
Ervin Swain sat on a blue bench outside the fourth-floor elevator in the parking deck of the Birmingham...
Women veterans: one of the fastest growing client groups in the...
Solomon Crenshaw Jr.
For the Birmingham Times
Frances Phelps remembers returning home to Alabama from Virginia in 1977 and having to drive to Murfreesboro, Tenn., for...
Geneva Robinson fights for veterans, just like they’ve fought for her
By Solomon Crenshaw Jr.
For the Birmingham Times
As Geneva Robinson sees it, veterans have gone to war for her, and she’s willing to go to...