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Opinion: Climate change harms patients’ health. Kamala Harris has a plan to help.

These two campaigns have vast differences in their policies to address climate change, and I believe the Harris-Walz campaign is taking steps to address our climate crisis in ways that will benefit North Carolina. Vice President Harris was the deciding vote on the Inflation Reduction Act, which included the largest investment to combat climate change in American history.

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First Lady Anna Stein announces Unshame NC

NC First Lady Anna Stein wants to do something about the state’s opioid crisis. Here’s how.

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First Lady Anna Stein announced a partnership this week called Unshame NC, aimed at reducing stigma around substance use disorder and promoting treatment. 
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Opinion: The unintended consequences of work requirements for Medicaid are dangerous

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Rachel Phipps, a Concord resident and healthcare advocate who has with Lupus and Multiple Sclerosis, relies on Medicaid. The Medicaid work requirements proposed in the new federal budget bill do not reflect the realities facing North Carolinians with difficult-to-manage health conditions, she writes.
States can cut off Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood, the Supreme Court rules

States can cut off Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood, the Supreme Court rules

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A divided Supreme Court allowed states to cut off Medicaid money to Planned Parenthood in a ruling handed down Thursday amid a wider Republican-backed push to defund the country’s biggest abortion provider.
Downtown Williamston, North Carolina

Small towns are having a hard time getting healthcare. A new program offers loan repayments for rural NC doctors.

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North Carolina’s new loan repayment initiative aims to attract and retain primary care physicians in rural areas. North Carolina is taking bold steps to address the critical shortage of healthcare providers in its rural communities, which serve nearly one-third of the state’s population. Through its new loan repayment initiative, the state aims to attract and […]
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Cardinal & Pine hosts ‘Voices for Veterans’ event to highlight the devastating effects of proposed VA cuts

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In a panel discussion, veterans, doctors, nurses, and advocates will tell their stories, and call attention to the fatal consequences significant cuts would mean for veterans and military families.