Editorials and other Opinion content offer perspectives on issues important to our community and are independent from the work of our newsroom reporters. By Ned Barnett Special interest groups and ...
Republican legislators remain wary about both the policy and fiscal merits of Medicaid expansion in North Carolina. The governor’s director of legislative affairs has even been quoted in the ...
Nirav Shah, former leader of the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention, had been a top contender for the position.
Suzanne Wertman used to work as a certified nurse-midwife at a private practice in Wilmington. But in a day, that changed.
North Carolina has become the 40th state to expand Medicaid. The proposed plan from Roy Cooper addresses mental health, specifically in youths ages 10-18, as suicide attempts have doubled, increasing ...
Members of the North Carolina House Health Committee, who may or may not support legalizing medical marijuana, now have a ...
By Dr. Joe Thompson My home state of Arkansas is unusual among Southern states in having adopted Medicaid expansion early ... to expand Medicaid. Like North Carolina now, Arkansas then had a ...
The Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust said Tuesday it is providing $350,000 to nonprofit health care advocacy group Care4Carolina toward its initial Medicaid expansion efforts.
The Republican-controlled Statehouse has been a vocal opponent of Medicaid expansion. But some experts think SC might benefit ...
Imagine a North Carolina where everybody has access to high-quality ... The N.C. General Assembly brought us closer to that goal in March with passage of Medicaid expansion, a wonderful step that will ...
Two Senate committees approved legislation to legalize mobile and some in-person sports betting in North Carolina, and the ...
