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In an election with unprecedented turnout, health care issues loom large, but can’t overcome economic concerns

November 4, 2020 by Editor

In an election with unprecedented turnout, health care issues loom large, but can’t overcome economic concerns - North Carolina Health News

Voters split their tickets on Tuesday, retaining Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper, while the presidential contest remains too close to call, with more than 100,000 absentee ballots still outstanding.

By Anne Blythe, Hannah Critchfield and Rose Hoban Ballots in North Carolina did not list Medicaid expansion, the Affordable Care Act, the coronavirus pandemic response or the economy as something registered voters could mark as for or against. In the outcome of the 2020 elections, it appears that North Carolina voters were willing to have […]

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Coronavirus Today – Sep. 17 – K-5 schools can open fully; Will ACC football team parents get stadium seats?; Contact tracing on college football teams

September 17, 2020 by Anne Blythe

Coronavirus Today – Sep. 17 – K-5 schools can open fully; Will ACC football team parents get stadium seats?; Contact tracing on college football teams - North Carolina Health News

Gov. Roy Cooper adds another learning option for elementary school children as NC COVID-19 trends and metrics improve.

By Anne Blythe For all those parents of elementary school children in North Carolina struggling with remote learning and wondering when schools can open fully for in-person classes despite the coronavirus pandemic, the governor had an answer on Thursday. Gov. Roy Cooper announced that on Oct. 5, public school districts and charter schools may choose […]

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Lawmakers back in Raleigh to hash out COVID relief funds

September 2, 2020 by Rose Hoban

Lawmakers back in Raleigh to hash out COVID relief funds - North Carolina Health News

In a short budget session, lawmakers are expected to direct more funding to economic needs generated by the COVID-19 pandemic.

By Rose Hoban North Carolina lawmakers are due back in Raleigh today for what is shaping up to be a short budgetary session, likely made shorter by Congress’s lack of action on coronavirus funding. When lawmakers were last in town, they appropriated $1.5 billion in funding that had been sent to the state as a […]

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Randolph Health finds a buyer, county to pay $20M as part of the deal

August 31, 2020 by Liora Engel-Smith

Randolph Health finds a buyer, county to pay $20M as part of the deal - North Carolina Health News

The debt-riddled rural provider sought a buyer for years. With the help of a loan from the state to the county, the hospital is slated to change hands before the end of the year.

By Liora Engel-Smith Update: The agreement with Dava has been finalized, a Randolph spokeswoman said in an email on Monday, Aug. 31. Yet another Piedmont Triad health care system announced its intentions to combine with an out-of-state suitor. The Dava Foundation, a Manchester, Tennessee nonprofit, is expected to purchase the Asheboro-based Randolph Health, a 145-bed […]

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Coronavirus Today – Aug. 13 – Pandemic snarls seasons: Sports, flu, back-to-school; Unemployment aid push and pull

August 13, 2020 by Anne Blythe

Coronavirus Today – Aug. 13 – Pandemic snarls seasons: Sports, flu, back-to-school; Unemployment aid push and pull - North Carolina Health News

NC’s trends and metrics are going the right way, DHHS secretary says, but that ‘progress is fragile.’

By Anne Blythe As college sports officials spent Thursday weighing pros and cons of moving ahead with an Atlantic Coast Conference football season in the coming weeks and month, public health officials in North Carolina, where many of those teams play, raised the specter of a different fall phenomenon. Flu season is coming amid the […]

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Coronavirus Today – May 20 – Indoor restaurant dining; barbershops salons to open, but no gyms yet; Cooper unlikely to pick pizza

May 20, 2020 by Editor

Coronavirus Today – May 20 – Indoor restaurant dining; barbershops salons to open, but no gyms yet; Cooper unlikely to pick pizza - North Carolina Health News

As the number of COVID-19 lab confirmed cases continue to rise, Gov. Roy Cooper modifies his phased reopening plan.

By North Carolina Health News staff Restaurants, salons, barbershops may open soon North Carolinians will be able to get haircuts at a barbershop or salon after Friday and spend time inside restaurants and at swimming pools that have been closed for nearly two months due to COVID-19. Gov. Roy Cooper announced Wednesday that he will […]

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Lawmakers return to Raleigh to address health care, other needs generated by COVID-19 pandemic

April 29, 2020 by Rose Hoban

Lawmakers return to Raleigh to address health care, other needs generated by COVID-19 pandemic - North Carolina Health News

Legislature returns to tackle funding and policy issues brought about by the pandemic.

By Rose Hoban In an eerily unoccupied General Assembly building, only a scattering of lawmakers were in each of the chambers of the Senate and the House of Representatives. Nonetheless, there were enough members present to vote and carry out their work. Thus began what is likely the strangest of legislative sessions, one designed for […]

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General Assembly leaders supported a study on COVID with $100,000. What will it tell us going forward?

April 16, 2020 by Rose Hoban

General Assembly leaders supported a study on COVID with $100,000. What will it tell us going forward? - North Carolina Health News

A Wake Forest Baptist study aims to track who’s infected or not, but is only part of the broader picture as NC takes next steps.

By Rose Hoban The science of tracking the novel coronavirus’ spread took on a political tinge Wednesday with Senate leader Phil Berger (R-Eden) participating in the rollout of a research study to track people who may have already had COVID-19 without knowing it. Berger announced earlier this week that $100,000 in discretionary funding from the […]

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Federal proposal could change the face of Medicaid in North Carolina

January 31, 2020 by Sarah Ovaska

Federal proposal could change the face of Medicaid in North Carolina - North Carolina Health News

A Trump Administration announcement of lump-sum offer for adult Medicaid coverage draws fire from some quarters.

By Sarah Ovaska and Liora Engel-Smith The Trump Administration announced a proposal Thursday that could potentially transform how Medicaid functions in some areas. The proposal would let states opt into a lump-sum funding system to pay for the health care needs of low-income, working-age adults. The proposal is already drawing fire from critics and Democrats […]

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Legislative mini-session produces little movement on health care issues, despite new call for Medicaid expansion

January 16, 2020 by Rose Hoban

Legislative mini-session produces little movement on health care issues, despite new call for Medicaid expansion - North Carolina Health News

An unlikely coalition of business people, law enforcement and local officials - all conservative - came together Wednesday to criticize the legislature for missing the opportunity to act on Medicaid.

By Rose Hoban By the time he reached Raleigh after six hours of driving, Dale Wiggins was angry that the lawmakers he was coming to see had already skipped town. Wiggins, the chair of the Graham County Board of Commissioners, came to Raleigh Tuesday to speak to legislators about enacting Medicaid expansion. But by the […]

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