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Category: State Health Policy

Trends in the state legislature

Shows a boring committee room with people sitting at desks and others at a dais at the front of the room. One person in the visitors' gallery has a hand raised in objection to comments about the transgender care access bill being discussed.
Posted inGender health

Providers say legislature’s proposed ‘transgender’ bills will hurt LBGTQ youth, disrupt care

by Rose Hoban February 6, 2023February 6, 2023
A series of closed tan doors in a jail housing unit
Posted inPrison Health

Poorly resourced, insufficient oversight system allows violations, dangerous conditions in NC jails

by Rachel Crumpler January 13, 2023January 12, 2023
Shows a crowd of people wearing suits and formal clothing in an ornate chamber at the North Carolina General Assembly. A television camera is in the foreground.
Posted inState Health Policy

Lawmakers are back in Raleigh with health care policy wish lists for the coming year

by Rose Hoban January 12, 2023January 12, 2023
A handful of volunteers work in a library in a donated space. Books adorn shelves on the wall. There is a table in the middle of the room for people to assemble packages on.
Posted inPrison Health

Volunteer-led group sends books to incarcerated women statewide

by Rachel Crumpler December 23, 2022December 22, 2022
Shows a man in a blue suit and a red striped tie talking to several people surrounding him. Visible is a hand holding a lapel microphone and another man who is holding a reporter's notebook. They're standing on the floor of the NC General Assembly house of representatives. One topic covered in the discussion: Medicaid expansion
Posted inMedicaid

Another NC legislative session finally comes to a close with Medicaid expansion unrealized

by Anne Blythe December 14, 2022December 28, 2022
a health care provider in yellow scrubs takes the pulse of a little boy in a red stripped shirt
Posted inMedicaid

Study finds Medicaid managed care transition still impacted by poor communication, patient confusion and administrative burden

by Clarissa Donnelly-DeRoven December 7, 2022December 6, 2022

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