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Poll: Two out of three N.C. families say it’s difficult to afford health care. By Michelle Crouch Co-published with The Charlotte Ledger As North Carolina prepares to roll out a program aimed at easing the burden of medical debt, a new survey from four universities reveals that many N.C. families are feeling the strain of rising health care costs.
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North Carolina’s top health topics for 2023 | NC Health News
2023年12月28日 · By Jaymie Baxley, Anne Blythe, Rachel Crumpler, Jennifer Fernandez, Rose Hoban and Taylor Knopf. For hundreds of thousands of North Carolina residents, 2023 will be the year the state finally expanded Medicaid and gave them access to health care that had eluded them for more than a decade.
Clinician teams did ‘rewarding’ work in WNC after Helene - North ...
2 天之前 · By Jaymie Baxley. After the remnants of Hurricane Helene wreaked havoc on western North Carolina’s health care infrastructure, the N.C. Office of Emergency Medical Services deployed nine multidisciplinary teams of clinicians to waterlogged communities where residents were cut off from providers.. It was a complex undertaking that required the state to set up mobile treatment centers, medical ...
Social issues dominated NC's health topics in 2023 | NC Health News
2023年12月29日 · Republican lawmakers argued that they are needed to protect children and, with supermajorities in each chamber, easily overrode Cooper’s vetoes on Aug. 16 — mostly along party-line votes.. However, North Carolina’s gender-affirming care ban is being challenged in court. In a federal lawsuit filed on Oct. 11 by Lambda Legal and the National Health Law Program, lawyers argued that House ...
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2024年11月16日 · Make more sense of the health care system. Our newsletter can help! Our twice-weekly email will help you understand how health policy affects you, your family, your wallet.
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2024年11月17日 · by Lucas Thomae Carolina Public Press From monitoring suspected child abuse and neglect cases to accounting for children in foster care to taking on additional emergency responsibilities and maintaining essential services amid power and communication outages, county Department of Social Services offices faced major disruptions as a result of Tropical Storm Helene in Western North […]
Changes needed to fix NC's mental health crisis | NC Health News
2022年8月23日 · Even private insurance plans often pay as little as 80 percent of what Medicare — a government program — pays to mental health providers. “If mental health was reimbursed at a higher rate, I think you’d see a lot more people wanting to be part of that solution,” said Paula Bird, vice president of behavioral health services for Novant Health, the Winston-Salem-based hospital network.
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2023年1月3日 · U.S. Army Spc. Jabari Ashanti, a Combat Medic with the 1st Battalion, 114th Infantry Regiment, New Jersey Army National Guard (NJARNG), checks a resident’s blood pressure at the New Jersey Veterans Memorial Home …
A glimmer of hope at UNC clinic re: long COVID - NC Health News
2022年12月5日 · Oxygen deprivation may cause long-haul symptoms. Researcher Pretorius asserts that some clinicians have made incorrect diagnoses in cases of long COVID because most tests don’t pick up on the presence of inflammation hidden within …