health care

Preliminary numbers are showing a drop in Obamacare enrollment. The decline of roughly 800-thousand people is an early indication that allowing the enhanced premium tax subsidies to expire caused people to defer signing up for health insurance. A study by the Kaiser Family Foundation estimated that 130,000 Alabamians will be among the Americans who will lose their Affordable Care Act coverage.

It’s just the next legislative step, but a bipartisan coalition of U.S. House members voted to advance a bill to extend subsidies connected to the Affordable Care Act. Nine Republican joined the Democrats to support a discharge bill to push the legislation forward. The Kaiser Family Foundation says around a half million Alabamians use this program, known as Obamacare, to get health coverage. KFF goes onto say those policyholders are facing cost increases as high as twenty five percent.

As President-elect Donald Trump prepares to take office, many elected officials in Republican and Democratic states are preparing to either aid or oppose his policies. From immigration to education to transgender rights, a red-state blue-state divide has become common, including in Alabama.

The deadline to send Alabama officials your best selfie is coming up. Kids in the state are being asked to show off their best grins through the “Share Your Smile with Alabama” photo contest. The campaign is put on by the Alabama Department of Public Health with entries accepted through Friday, Nov. 8.

The City of Birmingham, along with the Birmingham Region Health Partnership, is launching the Good Jobs Birmingham Healthcare recruitment campaign for jobseekers. The community-focused jobs initiative designed to build a pipeline of skilled healthcare and digital health professionals.

Birmingham restaurants are participating in an annual fundraising event that helps support services for people living with HIV/AIDS in Alabama. This is the Magic City’s 15th year celebrating Dining Out For Life, a national event also observed in part of Alabama, taking place Thursday, April 25.

Mobile is celebrating National Community Development Week through April 5, with several events highlighting local resources offered through the city's Neighborhood Development Department. This is being done to recognize and highlight critical programs and services supported with federal funding.

An Alabama practice hopes to raise awareness for a silent threat. Dermatology Specialists of Alabama is offering free skin care screenings during the month of May.

An Alabama doctor has been sentenced to more than twelve years in prison for his role in a Montgomery pill mill.U.S. Attorney Louis Franklin Sr. told…