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Lawrence delivers legislative updates to Children’s Policy Council
Rep. Kelvin Lawrence (D-Hayneville) addressed the Lowndes County Children’s Policy Council during the group’s quarterly meeting held Aug. 14, informing council members on legislative news impacting area children. Lawrence shared good news with the council, describing Alabama’s Education Trust Fund budget as the largest in the fund’s history. “We have the biggest Education Trust Fund […]
SummerFest takes place in Downtown Meridian
MERIDIAN, Miss. (WTOK) - The 8th annual SummerFest happened Saturday evening at Dumont Plaza. Snow cones, live music, games, food, and community were all at the event. SummerFest allows the people of Meridian to gather around and enjoy each other’s company. A local citizen created SummerFest to show her...
Auburn's Brian Battie released from hospital after three months
After three months of treatment and recovery, Auburn running back Brian Battie was released from Sarasota Memorial Hospital this week, according to a Facebook update from his mother, Adrienne. Battie was shot in his hometown of Sarasota, Florida, in May, and had been hospitalized since. In late June, he was...
Spartans open season with shutout of Demopolis
DEMOPOLIS, Ala. - After seeing an eight-year streak of season opening victories snapped last August, Mountain Brook returned to the Week 1 win column with a 28-0 shutout at Demopolis High School to kick off the 2024 football season. The Spartans' defense collected its ninth shutout in the last four seasons, while handing Demopolis its first at home inside Tiger Stadium since the 2002 Class 5A semifinals.
Prattville mayor addresses concerns over condemned house
Prattville Mayor Bill Gillespie is taking time to address rumors on social media regarding a condemned house. He said code enforcement workers noticed the house in April, and it was recently condemned. Gillespie says there has been a lot of public outcry over the property and the Robinson family who...
News 3 PrepZone: Alabama Week 2 scores and highlights
COLUMBUS (WRBL) – Here’s the scores and highlights from Week 2 of the News 3 PrepZone from our East Alabama schools. You can watch our coverage in the video player above. Visitor Score Home Score Booker T. Washington 18 Eufaula 10 Beauregard 14 Wetumpka 19 Beulah 39 Abbeville 14 Bullock County 13 Lanett 14 Carroll […]
Agreement to cancel medical debt for 193,000 needy patients in Southern states
“A New Orleans-based system of hospitals and clinics serving Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama is working with a New York nonprofit to wipe out $366 million in medical debt for about 193,000 needy patients,” The Associated Press reported. “The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate reported Wednesday that the deal involving Ochsner Health was arranged by Undue Medical Debt, a donor-funded organization that negotiates with hospitals, doctors’ offices and ambulance services to purchase and erase the outstanding medical debt of those least able to afford it. Ochsner is the largest health system in Louisiana and has 46 hospitals and 370 clinics and urgent cares in the three states it serves. ‘Ochsner is proud to have worked with Undue Medical Debt to enable the organization to acquire and cancel past one-time debts for eligible residents,’ the company said in a statement. The deal followed a Monday announcement of an agreement between Ochsner, Undue Medical Debt and New Orleans to wipe out more than $59 million in medical debt for about 66,000 patients in that city. The city had agreed last year to provide Undue Medical Debt with $1.3 million in federal money from the 2021 American Rescue Plan Act, a pandemic program to acquire qualifying debt and erase it. Lempert said that in addition to the pandemic dollars, his organization used money it received from donations and grassroots fundraising both locally and nationwide to purchase the debt from Ochsner. He declined to say how much it paid, but based on what the organization has said it typically pays — about 1 cent for each dollar of debt — the amount would be around $3.6 million.” “Agreement to cancel medical debt for 193,000 needy patients in Southern states,”
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