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Erendira needs a kidney
By Clarissa Donnelly-DeRoven This story details the experiences of a woman on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program whose parents and husband are undocumented. To protect her loved ones’ identities and decrease their risk of deportation, we are only using her first name. Erendira’s family immigrated to the U.S. from Mexico when she was…
No health insurance? A non-profit seeks to improve colon cancer screening
By Elizabeth Egan UNC Media Hub In 2015, only 34 percent of patients at community health centers in Buncombe County, North Carolina, were up to date with their colorectal cancer screening. In only six years, that number rose to over 70 percent. Much of this increase can be attributed to the work of the Western…
Advanced practice nurses who want more independence in NC tussle with doctors who oppose granting it
By Rose Hoban Stephenie Brinson is fed up with having to pay a doctor every month to examine her patients’ charts and paperwork twice a year — just so she can run a private nursing practice in Garner. A primary care provider and board-certified family nurse practitioner, Brinson started a primary care business 10 years…
“Nobody cares if we’re shuttled off somewhere”
By Clarissa Donnelly-DeRoven Jessica Aguilar has twin 10-year-old boys with autism. The family lives in Union County, just southeast of Charlotte. The boys require support workers to help them live with more ease — people who will take them to activities in the community, or who will help them practice new skills, like saying hi…
How much should nonprofit hospital CEOs make? NC Treasurer’s report fuels debate.
By Michelle Crouch and Rose Hoban As health care costs continue to rise, the executives of North Carolina’s nine largest nonprofit hospital systems have received double- and triple-digit percentage raises over the past decade, according to a report released last week by the State Treasurer’s Office. The report found that the hospital systems paid their…
Medicaid expansion bill glides through committees in the state House of Representatives
By Rose Hoban Often legislative committee hearings are sleepy affairs, attended by lawmakers, lobbyists and the occasional person interested in the intricacies of government. That was not the case Tuesday on the sixth floor of the legislative office building. The size and excitement of the crowd looked more like someone had a small stash of…