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2:12pm Apr 09, 2021

Health & Safety Health & Safety

What's In Biden's $400 Billion Plan To Support Families' Long-Term Health Needs

by Judith Graham

Long-term care options are expensive and often out of reach for elders and people with disabilities. Part of the president's proposed infrastructure plan would help fund home-based health services.
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5:00am Apr 08, 2021

National National Health & Safety

Missouri Legislature Tries To Back Out Of Voter-Approved Medicaid Expansion

by Sebastián Martínez Valdivia

Missouri Republicans are trying to avoid funding an expansion that would give 275,000 people health insurance. Democrats argue they are pushing ideology over the will of the people.
Christina Kirkwood

1:18pm Apr 05, 2021

Health & Safety Health & Safety

Families With Sick Kids On Medicaid Seek Easier Access To Out-of-State Hospitals

by Harris Meyer

Many state Medicaid programs pay out-of-state providers much less than in-state facilities, often making it hard for families with medically complex children to get the care they seek.
2:18pm Mar 05, 2021

Health & Safety Health & Safety

Forsyth County Continues Efforts To Part Ways With Cardinal Innovations

by Keri Brown

Forsyth County could soon have a new provider for mental health services in the community.
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7:00am Jan 09, 2021

Politics & Government Politics & Government Health & Safety

Trump Officials Approve Tennessee's Controversial Request To Revamp Medicaid Funding

by Phil Galewitz

The plan, long endorsed by conservatives, would give the state broad flexibility in running its health insurance program for the poor, while capping annual federal funding for the program.
1:36pm Dec 23, 2020

Education Education Health & Safety

NC Gets Funding To Expand National Early Literacy Program

by Keri Brown

A national program that works to improve literacy development for young children is expanding across the state.
4:39pm Nov 13, 2020

Business Business Health & Safety

Forsyth County Begins Disengagement Process From Cardinal Innovations

by Keri Brown

Forsyth County is taking steps to part ways with Cardinal Innovations Healthcare. It’s among several counties in the state seeking to drop the company.
4:52pm Nov 12, 2020

Health & Safety Health & Safety

Carolina Del Norte Lanza Un Portal de Asistencia Para Alimentación y Medicaid

by Eddie Garcia

El sitio web para los Servicios de Medicaid y Nutrición y Alimentación del Departamento de Salud y Servicios Sociales de Carolina del Norte está disponible ahora en Español.
3:23pm Nov 12, 2020

Health & Safety Health & Safety

NC Launches Spanish Medicaid And Food Assistance Portal

by Eddie Garcia

The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services' website for Medicaid and Food and Nutrition Services is now available in Spanish.
10:18am Nov 03, 2020

Politics & Government Politics & Government Health & Safety

Report Says Over 250,000 Lost Job-Related Health Coverage During Pandemic

by Neal Charnoff

A new report estimates that over a quarter of a million North Carolinians lost their health insurance as a result of job losses during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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11:11am Sep 21, 2020

Politics & Government Politics & Government Health & Safety

The Future Of The Affordable Care Act In A Supreme Court Without Ginsburg

by Julie Rovner

The death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg comes just as the Supreme Court was about to hear a case challenging the ACA. It could end Medicaid expansion and protections for preexisting conditions.

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3:09pm Aug 05, 2020

Politics & Government Politics & Government Health & Safety

Missouri Voters Approve Medicaid Expansion Despite Resistance From Republican Leaders

by Alex Smith

Missouri is the second state to expand the health care program via ballot measure during the pandemic. Nearly a quarter-million people could get health insurance thanks to the measure.