Calhoun County residents say they will be left with few options for quality health care if officials go through with a decision to halt emergency and inpatient services at a hospital in Anniston.
Legislation to create a hospital cost review board in an attempt to lower healthcare costs is introduced, but members of the healthcare community strongly oppose it.
Walgreen's says free cash flow was negative $610 million, to mark a $1.3 billion decline from last year, due in part to $615 million in payments for legal matters and a $379 million pension plan premium.
The latest government funding deal wasn't just stripped of big health policy changes — it also lacks significant raises for a host of federal health agencies.