Tag: Medication Assistance Program

By Michelle Andrews Kaiser Health News Three years ago, Corey Walsh, who was in a relationship with a man who was HIV-positive, got a prescription for Truvada, a drug approved by the Food and Drug Administration to prevent infection with the virus that causes AIDS. Walsh, then 23, was covered by his parents’ health insurance

By Rose Hoban After 2018’s unusual budget process this year’s budget has unfolded in a more “traditional” way. The House unveiled it’s proposal to spend $5.569 billion on health and human services priorities in early May. The Senate finished it’s work on the budget in early June, asking for a total appropriation of $5.552 billion

By Yen Duong If you lack health insurance and have a medical problem, there are many people in Charlotte who can help you. The problem: You need to know about them. And if you only know about one provider, you might travel half the city before learning there’s a free clinic around the block. Since

By Yen Duong The first time Natalie Holloway’s heart failed, her husband of 38 years drove her the 33 miles from their hometown of Columbia to an emergency room in Edenton. “We was the only ones that night on the road,” Holloway recalled. “I couldn’t breathe so I had to roll down the window. I

By Rose Hoban and Jared Weber In years past, North Carolina Health News has published a table tracking the progress of the state budget as it makes its way through the General Assembly, first in one chamber, then to the other and finally, to the negotiated conference budget in the third column. This has happened

By Rose Hoban, Leah Asmelash and Taylor Knopf Just a day after the General Assembly overturned Gov. Roy Cooper’s budget veto, lawmakers wrapped up their work and headed home for an entire month. With a number of bills left incomplete and issues such as Supreme Court-ordered redistricting ahead of them, legislators left Raleigh on June

North Carolina’s Medication Assistance Program allowed uninsured patients access close to $100 million in prescription drugs last year by helping them apply to pharmaceutical companies for assistance. A $1.7 million state allocation for the program is not included in the Senate budget passed last week. By Rose Hoban Over the years, a host of Nancy

During a packed meeting Tuesday morning, members of the Senate Appropriations committee discussed their $20.2 billion budget. By Rose Hoban During a standing room only meeting this morning at the General Assembly, the full Senate Appropriations Committee discussed their proposed $20.2 billion budget for about 40 minutes, and then allowed about an hour of public