Centers for Medicare and Medicaid

Proponents hope a new benefit for Alabamians on Medicare stays in effect. A two-thousand-dollar cap on prescription drug through Medicare Plan D went into effect on January first. The website health insurance dot org says over a million Alabamians are on the health plan for seniors and most use Part D for medications

The Biden administration said Thursday that drug price negotiations will knock hundreds of dollars — in some cases thousands — off the list prices of 10 of Medicare's most popular and costliest drugs. The Department of Health and Human Services says just two diabetes drugs, on the list for price cuts, are used by over fifty thousand Alabamians on Medicare.

The Tuscaloosa Police Department has announced how officers will be disciplined after a violent arrest last fall that went viral.Police Chief Steven…