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Shows text supporting Medicaid expansion that reads: The Graham County Commissioners strongly give their full support to Representative Kevin Corbin for House Bill 655... The Graham County Board of Commissioners understand that the majority of uninsured inividuals in North Carolina are employed, but do not make enough money to afford health insurance coverage."

Business leaders, conservatives across state warm to Medicaid expansion

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Business leaders, conservatives across state warm to Medicaid expansion - North Carolina Health News

In private, and increasingly in public, some are making their support for House Bill 655, which would allow for Medicaid expansion in North Carolina, in defiance of the state party leaders.

By Rose Hoban Dale Wiggins thinks it’s time. Actually, he thinks it’s past due. Wiggins, a retired businessman, is the head of the Graham County Board of Commissioners, which recently sent a resolution of support for expanding the state’s Medicaid program to legislative leaders and Gov. Roy Cooper. The unanimous resolution, signed by four Republicans […]

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Vibrio survivor, wife warn of bacteria’s risks

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Vibrio survivor, wife warn of bacteria’s risks - North Carolina Health News

After hurricanes, floodwaters can contain bacteria such as vibrio which can kill about one in five people who contract it. Officials urge caution in the wake of storms.

By Trista Talton Coastal Review Online Fifteen minutes. That’s roughly the amount of time Richard Flaherty spent in 2 to 3 inches of flood waters helping a neighbor in Oriental the day after Hurricane Florence made landfall last year. Twenty-four hours later, Flaherty’s left leg had been amputated above the knee. His odds of survival […]

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Forty-one N.C. counties classified as “high risk” in new opioid study

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Forty-one N.C. counties classified as “high risk” in new opioid study - North Carolina Health News

In a national study, researchers classified 41 North Carolina counties as “opioid high-risk” with few providers of medication-assisted treatment and many opioid-related deaths.

By Yen Duong While conversations about the national opioid epidemic often focus on hardest-hit states such as Ohio, West Virginia and Kentucky, few people have analyzed county-by-county trends, where those state’s policies can make a difference. But a new study, published last month in an open-access version of the Journal of the American Medical Association, […]

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Legislators Set to Review Storm-Relief Needs

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Legislators Set to Review Storm-Relief Needs - North Carolina Health News

Lawmakers will be back in Raleigh this week to address issues created by this fall's election and also to address problems created by flooding and damage from storms.

By Kirk Ross Coastal Review Online Legislators are set to reconvene in Raleigh after Thanksgiving as more details are compiled in steadily increasing estimates of the damage from Hurricane Florence and Tropical Storm Michael. The General Assembly, which returns Nov. 27 for a previously scheduled post-election extension of its 2018 regular session, is expected to […]

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With Homes Destroyed by Florence, this Tiny ENC County Struggles to Find a Foothold

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With Homes Destroyed by Florence, this Tiny ENC County Struggles to Find a Foothold - North Carolina Health News

For a small, low-income Eastern North Carolina county such as Jones, the recovery from Hurricane Florence can be daunting.

By Thomas Goldsmith When the Trent River overran the Haiti community of Jones County, Linda Faith Perry lost her mobile home, her car, even her dog Kujo. Starting Sept. 14, Hurricane Florence sent torrents coursing through Jones’ county seat Trenton, with the Haiti neighborhood where Perry lived hit especially hard. In the weeks since, many […]

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Trusted Local Nonprofit Fills Needs in Florence-bashed New Bern

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Trusted Local Nonprofit Fills Needs in Florence-bashed New Bern - North Carolina Health News

Religious Community Services helps storm survivors put their lives back together after the storm, as it has after prior hurricanes.

By Thomas Goldsmith A visitor to New Bern could exit the traditionally elegant Tryon Palace and proceed less than a mile down George Street to the neighborhood that’s home to Religious Community Services. For more than three decades, the nonprofit agency has engaged in a different sort of New Bern tradition, addressing the generational poverty […]

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Residents of Counties Hit by Florence Can Get Extra Help with Food

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Residents of Counties Hit by Florence Can Get Extra Help with Food - North Carolina Health News

State programs approved by USDA will increase federally funded payments for people in counties hit hard by Hurricane Florence.

By Thomas Goldsmith In the North Carolina counties hit hardest by Hurricane Florence, people who already get help buying food will be given more, and those not on a state or federal food program can receive assistance going forward, federal and state officials said Thursday. The announcement follows by a few days a visit to […]

Farm building flooded in aftermath of Hurricane Florence in Wayne County, NC near Seven Springs.

Florence: Nasty Water, Mounting Damage

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Florence: Nasty Water, Mounting Damage - North Carolina Health News

A rundown of the many adverse effects of Hurricane Florence in North Carolina's coastal counties.

By Staff at Coastal Review Online As floodwaters from Hurricane Florence continue to rise in some areas, clean water advocates, state regulators and national attention are turning to the nasty mix of pollutants heading downriver and downstream here. As reported Friday, floodwaters from the Cape Fear River breached Duke Energy’s L.V. Sutton facility in Wilmington. […]

A fuel station in Lumberton inundated by rainwater deposited by Matthew. Many substances get into flood waters: soil, human and animal waste, chemicals and fuel create a toxic mix in floodwaters. Now that dozens of water treatment plants have been exposed to contaminants, it could take weeks for water in some Down East communities to be drinkable. Jocelyn Augustino/FEMA

Post-Matthew Water: How Bad Is It?

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Post-Matthew Water: How Bad Is It? - North Carolina Health News

Assessing dangers from animal waste, human sewage, coal ash, petroleum and every other unwelcome thing Hurricane Matthew washed into North Carolina waterways. By Catherine Clabby Along with 27 deaths, destruction in 37 counties and disruption of normal life, Hurricane Matthew floods flushed lots of uncertainty into eastern North Carolina. While all rivers in that battered […]

After the new Medicaid payment system, NC Tracks rolled out, Ahoskie pediatrician found herself with close to $100,000 in unpaid claims from N.C.'s Medicaid program.

A Rural Practice Fights to Stay Solvent

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A Rural Practice Fights to Stay Solvent - North Carolina Health News

For one of the only pediatric providers in Hertford County, providing care to an underserved rural population is the dream. But the troubled rollout of NCTracks turned that dream into a nightmare. By Jennifer Ferris MedPage Today/ North Carolina Health News Set back behind a car dealership, just off what passes for a main drag, […]

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