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‘Unwinding’ could undermine Medicaid expansion in North Carolina

By Jaymie Baxley When Medicaid expansion was signed into law earlier this year by Gov. Roy Cooper, it was widely...

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Health providers sometimes ignore mental health patients’ documented wishes during treatment

EDITOR’S NOTE: Due to stigma attached to mental illness and psychiatric hospitalization, this article assigns the pseudonyms Sue and Michael to a mother and son in...
access to care4 months ago

Panel looks at how to improve child care access in NC

By Jennifer Fernandez Financial help from a state subsidy allows Garner resident Alexandra Porter to send her 3-year-old daughter to child care. “Without child care, I...
abortion5 months ago

What’s coming in 2023 in NC’s health care scene? Here’s what we’ll be tracking.

By Will Atwater, Anne Blythe, Rachel Crumpler, Clarissa Donnelly-DeRoven, Thomas Goldsmith, Rose Hoban, Taylor Knopf What will a Republican supermajority in Raleigh mean for health care?...