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This is the second in our series of stories about how well North Carolina has done at enacting a law requiring mental health services to be covered on par with physical health. By Yen Duong A federal law passed in 2008 was supposed to ensure that patients with mental and behavioral illnesses were treated on

By Taylor Knopf Historically, the residents of rural Robeson County have relied heavily on the Southeastern Health Emergency Department for much of their medical care, even for non-emergent issues such as sore throats and sprains. The hospital, located in the county seat of Lumberton, has about 90,000 ED visits per year, according to Southeastern Health

By Rose Hoban In the 30 years Mike Stevenson has been leading Murphy Medical Center, he’s seen it happen too often: People wait to get the treatment they need. “They’re too proud to get care they cannot pay for, and therefore don’t get it until too late in their disease,”  he said. Stevenson calls these

By Taylor Knopf The mountains become steeper and houses fewer as you drive west out of Asheville on U.S. Route 25 and pass the sign that reads, “Welcome to Madison County: Jewel of the Blue Ridge.” The county covers 449 square miles and has about 21,000 residents. There are three small towns: Marshall, Mars Hill

By Thomas Goldsmith The young woman knew she needed help, she said, after she bit her husband’s thumb to the bone, then jumped out of a car traveling 45 miles per hour. Melissa Leonard, 21, of Lincoln County, admitted herself in late January to Cleveland Crisis and Recovery Center, a 16-bed behavioral-health urgent care center

A rural mayor wades into the ongoing argument over the state’s certificate of need program. By Rose Hoban In a press conference at the General Assembly Wednesday, Belhaven Mayor Paul O’Neal thumped the podium in frustration that Pungo Hospital, located in his town, remains closed after a year. “This community needs a hospital,” he said.