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legislative building in Raleigh where lawmakers create policy around Medicaid and other health issues
Posted inState Health Policy

Uncertainty over pandemic’s end complicates NC’s Medicaid budget

by Rose Hoban April 25, 2022April 24, 2022

By Rose Hoban What a difference a decade can make. Republican lawmakers raised a ruckus 10 years ago when officials from the state Department of Health and Human Services informed them that North Carolina had spent millions of dollars more than projected on the Medicaid budget. But this month, when Dave Richard, the DHHS head […]

photo showing marijuana leaves
Posted inState Health Policy

What is the state of medical marijuana legalization in North Carolina?

by Elizabeth Thompson April 20, 2022April 19, 2022
photo shows an ornate room with the state seal of North Carolina above the dias at the front, and seats where state senators sit in a semi-circular arrangement.
Posted inState Health Policy

Funds for opioid treatment in jails and after release; prison facility improvement in budget

by Elizabeth Thompson November 17, 2021November 16, 2021
shows a woman in an orange jumpsuit, sitting on a bed, shackled. she's in a cell that has a sink and toilet.
Posted inPrison Health

Law limiting shackling of pregnant people passes NC Senate

by Elizabeth Thompson August 26, 2021September 13, 2021
Legislative Building in Raleigh
Posted inAging, Children's Health, Featured, Long Term Care, Medicaid, Public Health, State Health Policy

Advocates Push Lawmakers on Public Health Issues

by Editor April 26, 2016April 26, 2016
Money and Calculator
Posted inChronic Disease, Featured, Medicaid, State Health Policy

NC Docs Face Retroactive Medicaid Rate Cut

by Editor March 3, 2015March 3, 2015

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