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ACA enrollment dropped sharply in North Carolina. More people across the state are expected to lose coverage.
By Jacob Biba NCLocal Amid rising costs and the expiration of enhanced subsidies, fewer North Carolina residents enrolled in health coverage under the Affordable Care Act for 2026, according to the latest figures from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. What is ACA Coverage and why do people use it? Signed into law in…
After an abnormal mammogram, a battle for care
By Michelle Crouch The Charlotte Ledger Kimberly Sanders thought she was doing the right thing when she stepped into a mobile mammogram van parked outside her Charlotte workplace, a primary care clinic, last October. It seemed like a simple, convenient way to get her annual breast cancer screening. But when the scan came back abnormal,…
The end of an era: Roxboro’s Cole’s Pharmacy closes after 69 years
By Jessie Butner Roxboro Courtier-Times Uptown Roxboro sat quietly under Friday’s abysmal gray and cloudy chill all afternoon – with the exception of 117 N. Main Street. Inside, a crowd of people, congregating at tables or waiting in line, found no shortage of conversation, but little elbow room. The aroma of food that sizzled as…
When the high ends in the hospital
By Daniel Larlham Jr. Co-published with the Charlotte Ledger Medical providers in Charlotte and across the state say more patients are landing in emergency rooms with problems stemming from cannabis use. A lot of them are young patients complaining of nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain. Those are symptoms of Cannabinoid Hyperemesis Syndrome (CHS), a serious…
North Carolina has record net loss of licensed child care programs since mid-2023
By Katie Dukes Education NC North Carolina has had a net loss of 367 licensed child care programs since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. More than 12% of those losses occurred in the final quarter of 2025. The net loss of 45 programs in three months represents the largest single-quarter drop since EdNC began…
Farmers now owe a lot more for health insurance
By Sarah Boden and Drew Hawkins Gulf States Newsroom Last year was a tough one for farmers. Amid falling prices for commodity crops such as corn and soybeans, rising input costs for supplies like fertilizer and seeds, as well as the Trump tariffs and the dismantling of USAID, many farms weren’t profitable last year. And…
