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Video: Introducing Bad Medicine, investigating healthcare in North Carolina

By Michael McElroy, Staff Reports

February 12, 2026

North Carolina’s healthcare system is facing one battle after another as decisions made in Washington make themselves felt here at home. That’s why we’re launching Bad Medicine.

A resurgence of measles. Lies about vaccines. Cuts to Medicaid. Rising premium costs for Affordable Care Act recipients.

North Carolina’s healthcare system is facing one battle after another as decisions made in Washington make themselves felt here at home.

That’s why we’re launching Bad Medicine, a new weekly series investigating the state of health care in North Carolina and the effect that recent changes to federal policies will have on the health of North Carolinians of all ages.

Cardinal & Pine’s Michael McElroy has a personal story about why this project is so important.

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