BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (Reuters) - A federal judge on Wednesday cleared the way for Alabama's bankrupt Jefferson County to shut down in-patient services at a government hospital for poor people that loses $10 million a year. Jefferson County, which filed a $4.23 billion bankruptcy nearly a year ago, says it can no longer afford to cover the losses for a 319-bed, in-patient operation that serves only a few dozen people on an average day. But Birmingham, Alabama's biggest city and the Jefferson County seat, had asked U.S. ... via Health News Headlines - Yahoo! News Read More Here..
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