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‘A Safe Place to Go’: New Alamance crisis hub provides free mental health services that keep people out of jails, ERs

by Taylor Knopf April 21, 2025April 20, 2025

A group of men and women present the budget plan at a press conference in the state legislature. They are Republican senators.

State Health Policy

NC Senate budget plan filled with health care policy initiatives

by Rose Hoban and Grace Vitaglione April 18, 2025April 21, 2025

A young girl in a Halloween costume sits in a chair. She requires 24-hour nursing care, which allowed her to qualify for a Medicaid waiver.

State Health Policy

Older and disabled Medicaid recipients, advocates ‘extraordinarily worried’ about potential Medicaid cuts

by Grace Vitaglione April 15, 2025April 17, 2025

N.C. Gov. Josh Stein, a white man with short hair wearing a suit, speaks into a microphone while standing in front of a lectern during the 2025 Rural Summit at the Marriott Crabtree Valley hotel in Raleigh. Stein’s remarks are being broadcast live on a large screen behind him.

With Medicaid in Washington’s crosshairs, North Carolinians rally against federal cuts

by Jaymie Baxley March 31, 2025March 31, 2025

Members of the Martin County Board of Commissioners seated at a dais during a meeting on Feb. 12, 2025. The board is working to reopen the shuttered Martin General Hospital as a Rural Emergency Hospital.

Martin County seeks operator to bring rural hospital back to life

by Jaymie Baxley March 14, 2025March 13, 2025

Jay Ludlam, a white man wearing a suit, tie and eyeglasses, speaks into a microphone during a presentation about the fate of North Carolina’s Medicaid expansion program on Feb. 26, 2025.

NC Medicaid expansion faces uncertain future as GOP eyes federal cuts

by Jaymie Baxley March 5, 2025March 31, 2025