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2019 Health & Human Services Budget – House & Senate

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2019 Health & Human Services Budget – House & Senate - North Carolina Health News

Just in time for the conference committee budget, here are how the Senate and the House of Representatives each proposed to spend on health and human services.

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 […]

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A Day on Capitol Hill, Through a Rural Health Lens

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A Day on Capitol Hill, Through a Rural Health Lens - North Carolina Health News

Against a background of ongoing budget debates in Washington, advocates make the rounds on Capitol Hill, looking for support for rural health centers and hospitals.

By Taylor Knopf It was a cold, wet, windy day as rural health advocates from North Carolina walked toward Capitol Hill earlier this month. They had back-to-back meetings in the offices of six N.C. congressmen: Sens. Thom Tillis (R) and Richard Burr (R), and Reps. David Price (D), G.K. Butterfield (D), Alma Adams (D) and […]

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Child Health Advocates Put a Brave Face on It, But Worry About Congress’ Inaction on CHIP

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Child Health Advocates Put a Brave Face on It, But Worry About Congress’ Inaction on CHIP - North Carolina Health News

The deadline to re-fund the program that insures about a third of the nation’s children has come and gone, but there’s still not money for SCHIP.

By Rose Hoban More than 200,000 children in North Carolina receive health care via the federally funded State Children’s Health Insurance Program or SCHIP, a program that dates back to the Clinton administration and which has traditionally had bipartisan support. Except for this year. A deadline passed on Sept. 30 for Congress to reauthorize the […]

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