Republican-Led NC Senate Gives Preliminary Approval to Medicaid Expansion After Fighting It for Years
“It does my heart good that even though it took 10 years, you all are there,” Sen. Gladys Robinson, a Guilford County Democrat, said during Wednesday’s debate. “Praise the Lord.”
State Lawmakers Formed a New Committee to Explore Medicaid Expansion
Expanding Medicaid could have important impacts on health issues across the state. Could lawmakers finally make the move this year?
What Will Happen in N.C. if the Supreme Court Ends the Constitutional Right to an Abortion?
Advocates predict an influx of patients from other states if Roe vs. Wade falls, but that could change if the GOP expands its legislative majorities.
Study: There are More Emergency Surgeries, More ‘Catastrophic’ Bills in States Without Medicaid Expansion
A Duke University researcher compared surgeries performed in Medicaid expansion states to those in states that did not expand the program and found devastating economic circumstances for patients.
Op-Ed: In the Middle of a Health Crisis, We Can’t Afford to Have a President Without a Plan
“We’ve waited for more than five years for Donald Trump to propose a healthcare plan, and he still hasn’t done it.”
Medicaid Expansion Is an Economic No-Brainer for North Carolina, New Study Says
A no-brainer to everyone but Republicans in the General Assembly, that is.
“I Was Doing It for My Patients”: Dr. Charlie van der Horst on His Life Fighting for Justice
The renowned UNC physician and AIDS researcher, who died this weekend, reflects in a previously unpublished interview on what led him to advocacy.
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Is Anyone Else Tired of All the Winning?
For the President Known as Individual 1, a win is a win—and after this week from hell, he’ll take what he can get
Two-Thirds of Health Outcomes Stem From Socioeconomic and Environmental Factors. Wake County Sees That as an Opportunity.
“It’s an attempt to start thinking about what health is. Health is not just health care.”
Despite the Trump Administration’s Sabotage, ACA Enrollments in North Carolina Remain High
Nearly 524,000 North Carolinians signed up for health insurance through the Affordable Care Act for 2018, Governor Cooper’s press office reported yesterday, giving the state the third-highest enrollment numbers in the country. That’s despite ongoing Republican efforts to undermine Obama’s signature health care law. The Trump administration, which has repeatedly tried to repeal the ACA,…
How to Sabotage North Carolina’s Insurance Marketplace in Five Easy Steps
Last week, President Trump issued an executive order eliminating what are known as cost-sharing reductions, a key aspect of the Affordable Care Act. The CSRs, which amount to about $7 billion a year, are payments made to insurance companies to reimburse them for subsidizing out-of-pocket health care costs for those earning between 100 percent and…
The Latest Attempt to Repeal the ACA Would Be Disastrous for North Carolinia
It’s back. The latest, last-ditch attempt by Republican lawmakers to destroy President Obama’s signature health law, the Affordable Care Act, has appeared in the form of something called Graham-Cassidy, the brainchild of Republican Senators Lindsay Graham of South Carolina and Bill Cassidy of Louisiana. Like its predecessors, it would target some of the most vulnerable…
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