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North Carolina lags in shrinking inequalities in access to care

February 7, 2020 by Yen Duong

North Carolina lags in shrinking inequalities in access to care - North Carolina Health News

A new study shows that in states with Medicaid expansion, racial disparities have shrunk for access to care. But NC lags and DHHS is trying to do something about it.

By Yen Duong Two documents from the past month reflect the state of racial disparities in access to health care in North Carolina. A new report from the Commonwealth Fund, a health care policy nonprofit, showed that racial disparities in access to health care across the country have shrunk since the Affordable Care Act was […]

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As legislators debate Medicaid expansion, Josh Stein defends the law that makes it possible

July 10, 2019 by Anne Blythe

As legislators debate Medicaid expansion, Josh Stein defends the law that makes it possible - North Carolina Health News

Obamacare made it possible to extend Medicaid to many working poor, but a Texas lawsuit has put the Affordable Care Act on "life support," Stein says.

By Anne Blythe As North Carolina lawmakers focused on health care policy on the home-front for much of Tuesday, Josh Stein, the state attorney general, honed in on what’s happening on the national stage. Oral arguments began earlier that day in a federal courtroom in New Orleans over a Texas-based lawsuit that could ultimately bring […]

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Insurance Signups Surprisingly Strong, Yet Number of Uninsured Creeps Up

December 21, 2018 by Rose Hoban

Insurance Signups Surprisingly Strong, Yet Number of Uninsured Creeps Up - North Carolina Health News

Signups on the Affordable Care Act insurance marketplace surged in the last week of enrollment, but that strong showing masks some reductions in coverage.

By Rose Hoban It seemed like this year’s Affordable Care Act open enrollment was going to be lackluster, after all, at the end of six weeks of the online marketplace being open, only 236,693 North Carolinians had signed up for health insurance coverage, less than 50 percent of last year’s total. But the last week […]

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ACA Ruling Rankles Supporters but Doesn’t Change their Plans

December 18, 2018 by Rose Hoban

ACA Ruling Rankles Supporters but Doesn’t Change their Plans - North Carolina Health News

A ruling Friday from a federal judge in Texas asserts the law is unconstitutional, but many advocates for the law say this ruling is only the beginning.

By Rose Hoban As he drove from one town to the next late last week, Mark Van Arnam was dismayed to hear the news that a judge sitting on a district circuit court in Texas ruled that the entire Affordable Care Act was unconstitutional. Van Arnam leads the North Carolina Navigator Consortium, a group dedicated […]

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