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Does North Carolina do enough to help children affected by a mom’s prenatal alcohol use?

October 30, 2019 by Anne Blythe

Does North Carolina do enough to help children affected by a mom’s prenatal alcohol use? - North Carolina Health News

Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder is more common than many people think, with as many as one in 20 children affected. Many end up in foster care, special-education classes and often the courts, jails and prisons.

By Anne Blythe The courtroom on the seventh floor of the Wake County Justice Center was quiet as Judge Vince Rozier read a report from the mother of the 28-year-old defendant awaiting sentencing. That mother, Theresa Morris-Brown, is a petite 63-year-old woman with a gargantuan will to help the man she welcomed into her life […]

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New General Assembly budget includes many health care features, but no Medicaid expansion

June 26, 2019 by Rose Hoban

New General Assembly budget includes many health care features, but no Medicaid expansion - North Carolina Health News

The $24 billion plan gives teachers and state employees a pay boost, but it leaves out one of Gov. Cooper's primary priorities.

By Rose Hoban After several weeks of negotiations between the North Carolina Senate and the House of Representatives, the two chambers came together Tuesday to present a compromise budget they’ll be sending to Gov. Roy Cooper for his signature. But it’s likely Cooper will be vetoing it. For months, the governor has signaled that he […]

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GOP senators’ plan would fund services for people with disabilities, end CON requirement

March 27, 2019 by Thomas Goldsmith

GOP senators’ plan would fund services for people with disabilities, end CON requirement - North Carolina Health News

Proposals from GOP Sens. Joyce Krawiec and Dan Bishop include expanding services to 2,000 people with intellectual disabilities while also repealing the state’s certificate of need requirement.

By Thomas Goldsmith Two Republican state senators on Tuesday proposed a package of health-care reforms, saying specifically that North Carolina should beef up help for people with intellectual disabilities before expanding Medicaid to additional hundreds of thousands of people. Sens. Joyce Krawiec⁩ (R-Kernersville) and Dan Bishop (R-Charlotte) proposed $41 million in state funding for the […]

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Medicaid expansion looms large in Cooper’s budget bid

March 7, 2019 by Rose Hoban

Medicaid expansion looms large in Cooper’s budget bid - North Carolina Health News

The governor traditionally presents his budget before the General Assembly starts work on their version. Gov. Roy Cooper made it clear he's looking to extend insurance benefits to about a half million of the state's low-income residents.

By Rose Hoban Governor Roy Cooper rolled out his budget for the upcoming fiscal year Wednesday morning, presenting a $25.2 billion plan with one of the central provisions being extension of North Carolina’s Medicaid program to cover as many as half a million low-income residents of the state. Cooper was firm about widening the program, […]

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Governor’s Health Care Budget Emphasizes Medicaid Expansion, Scaling Back Some Tax Breaks

May 11, 2018 by Rose Hoban

Governor’s Health Care Budget Emphasizes Medicaid Expansion, Scaling Back Some Tax Breaks - North Carolina Health News

Cooper's announcement is only the opening act in a multi-part annual budget process. Lawmakers have been crafting their own budgets ahead of next week's short legislative session.

By Rose Hoban Even before Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper’s team was able to email out a laudatory press release touting “common ground” in his proposed budget for the coming fiscal year, leaders of the Republican-led General Assembly had emailed reporters their own release, rejecting the governor’s plan and calling it an “unserious attempt to score […]

In First Budget, Cooper Pushes for Medicaid Expansion

March 2, 2017 by Rose Hoban

In First Budget, Cooper Pushes for Medicaid Expansion - North Carolina Health News

Gov. Roy Cooper and the legislature are scarcely on speaking terms, nonetheless, the governor said he looks forward to working with lawmakers to move his first budget forward.

By Rose Hoban In rolling out his first budget, Gov. Roy Cooper said he will be able to increase North Carolina’s spending for the coming fiscal year by $1.1 billion. Cooper’s $23.48 billion dollar spending plan for 2017-18 emphasizes increasing teacher pay, increasing salaries for state employees across the board and builds on former Gov. […]

State Lends An Ear to Vulnerable Adults, Seniors

August 4, 2016 by Thomas Goldsmith

State Lends An Ear to Vulnerable Adults, Seniors - North Carolina Health News

There are more seniors who have no one to look in on them when things go wrong. How should the state respond to them? By Thomas Goldsmith “‘There’s a woman on our block,’ the caller says, ‘who’s 80 years old and has quit going to the doctor. She’s hoarding, she’s not taking her meds and […]

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No Big Surprises in House HHS Budget

May 19, 2016 by Editor

No Big Surprises in House HHS Budget - North Carolina Health News

With Medicaid reform completed, this year’s House Health and Human Services budget lacked some of the drama of prior years. By Rose Hoban State House lawmakers provisionally passed a $22.2 billion budget Wednesday that includes more than $5 billion for health and human services needs, which represents a decrease of about $190 million from what […]

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Coordinated Services Help People Reach Beyond Disability

November 16, 2015 by Editor

Coordinated Services Help People Reach Beyond Disability - North Carolina Health News

Care coordinators help connect individuals and their families to resources and relationships within their communities. By Taylor Sisk “She’s just such a wonderful mother,” Jill Long says of Monica Benge. That’s no small compliment under any circumstances, but Benge’s circumstances are considerable. Benge is mom to a son, Bradley, with cerebral palsy. Bradley is a […]

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