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Category: Health Reform

A doodle of an ambulance is surrounded by black lines on a white background.
Posted inUninsured

No health insurance? A non-profit seeks to improve colon cancer screening

by Correspondent March 7, 2023March 6, 2023

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 […]

shows three politicians who are usually at odds on the same dias, they're there in order to sign bills to provide COVID relief
Posted inMedicaid

NC House and Senate Republicans reach milestone Medicaid expansion deal, but Democratic governor questions the timeline

by Rose Hoban March 3, 2023March 3, 2023
Shows a white, gray haired man wearing a suit and a red tie who's holding up his hand making a gesture as he makes a point. Another man in a suit sits behind him.
Posted inHospitals

How much should nonprofit hospital CEOs make? NC Treasurer’s report fuels debate.

by Charlotte Ledger and Rose Hoban February 20, 2023February 19, 2023
A turquoise bus with the words "Women's Care: Drive to Thrive" painted on the side in white sits in a parking lot.
Posted inHealth Inequities

Taking reproductive care on the road

by Charlotte Ledger January 23, 2023January 24, 2023
a man in a suit and tie gestures as he speaks to people holding microphones
Posted inMedicaid

This state could be the last one (for a while, anyway) to expand Medicaid

by Pew Trusts January 11, 2023January 10, 2023
a person's eye view of a hand holding a bag of a blood donation. beyond, you can see her feet wearing sandals with painted toenails.
Posted inCharlotte Ledger

New incentives aim to move the needle on blood donations

by Charlotte Ledger December 19, 2022December 19, 2022

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