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By Rose Hoban After more than a month of anticipation, the U.S. Senate has presented its version of the bill to undo the Affordable Care Act. The proposal rolled out Thursday has some significant differences with the bill presented in the House of Representatives. The Senate version – crafted in secrecy – would slash Medicaid,

On Wednesday, members of the Senate approved the measure by a 48-2 vote. It now goes to Gov. Pat McCrory for his signature. By Rose Hoban Legislative committee meetings usually aren’t emotional; they usually don’t involve standing ovations. But Tuesday morning’s meeting of the Senate Health Care Committee featured those things, along with passage of

For the third year running, cancer treatment advocates are floating a bill to ban the use of indoor tanning beds for anyone under 18. By Rose Hoban For the third time in as many years, dermatologists gathered at the legislative building on Jones Street in Raleigh to offer free skin cancer screenings. And between the

As legislators reconvene in Raleigh this week, health advocates will be on Jones Street to push for their priorities – some of them new, some left over from prior legislative sessions. By Hyun Namkoong During the last legislative biennium, a number of health care initiatives were introduced, some of which made it through only one chamber.

By Jasmin Singh, Hyun Namkoong, Rose Hoban As lawmakers worked behind closed doors this week to put the finishing touches on this year’s budget revision, health care advocates and lobbyists were walking the halls, holding conversations with key lawmakers where they could. They were hoping to induce movement on a number of bills that have

Wednesday’s regulatory and reform committee meeting showed how political maneuvering can get special interests sneaked into an omnibus, vaguely described bill during the short session, which is supposed to focus on the state budget and bills leftover from last year. By Hyun Namkoong Just when political observers thought the short legislative session would be a

A bill that would restrict the use of tanning beds by teens under 18 made it through the House last year … and has been sitting ever since. By Rose Hoban When Anne Bowman was a teenager, she’d hit the tanning salon before a big dance. Later, in college, she would go to get a

By Rose Hoban At noon today, a gavel will drop in both chambers of the North Carolina General Assembly, marking the beginning of the “short” legislative session. With House Speaker Thom Tillis preoccupied with his race against U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan and lawmakers in both chambers needing to fundraise and campaign for their fall re-elections,

By Rose Hoban As lawmakers worked their way through a bill to ban tanning beds for teens under 18 years old last summer, researchers at UNC-Chapel Hill were asking young women what they thought about tanning beds and how often they use them. And they found a few surprises, including the big revelation that most

By Rose Hoban High school girls wanting to have a tan for the prom may soon be back to using the sun, or spray-on makeup, instead of tanning beds to get a glow after a bill to ban teenagers from using tanning salons got through a legislative committee Tuesday. Currently, 14- to 18-year-olds must get