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Scholarship program fast-tracks nurses’ training to ease workforce shortages

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The Biden-Harris administration provides North Carolina nursing schools with much-needed funding, boosting the nursing workforce. North Carolina faces a nursing shortage, with a predicted deficit of about 17,000 nurses by 2033. But there’s good news. Thanks to grants funded by the Biden-Harris administration, three nursing schools are tackling this problem with special training programs that […]
AstraZeneca, Boehringer Ingelheim, and GlaxoSmithKline all agreed to cap the price of asthma inhalers earlier this year following an investigation by a Democratic-led Senate Committee. (Photo by Kayla Bartkowski/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

Major drugmakers capped cost of asthma inhalers at $35 per month after investigation from Democrats

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AstraZeneca, Boehringer Ingelheim, and GlaxoSmithKline all agreed to cap the price of asthma inhalers earlier this year following an investigation by a Democratic-led Senate Committee.
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How new federal health laws fill the gaps in NC and support breastfeeding workers

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With North Carolina’s absence of state protections for pregnancy, people like Rose Stanley now have (new) federal laws to balance her college education, job, and parenthood. Read how these regulations are helping not just her—and where there’s room for growth. 
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Birth control is now available over the counter in NC for free through Medicaid

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An over-the-counter birth control option will now be available for free in North Carolina for anyone who has health insurance through Medicaid, Gov. Roy Cooper announced this week. 
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Opinion: North Carolina expanded Medicaid. Now what?

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It’s going to be the community here in Northampton who will make it happen. We need to advocate for more: more clinics and more providers to deliver the healthcare that Medicaid covers. When new businesses set up shop, we should ask them to invest in the community’s health, knowing that they will benefit when all of us have access to the care we need.
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NC’s Medicaid expansion program has enrolled 500,000 people in just 7 months

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More than 500,000 North Carolina residents have enrolled in the state's Medicaid expansion program since it went live about seven months ago, officials announced Friday.