Healthcare
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The Affordable Care Act turns 16, but the fight for affordable health care is far from over in NC
The ACA helped North Carolina expand Medicaid to more than 720,000 people, and prevented insurers from refusing to cover people with pre-existing conditions.
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Federal judge blocks HHS vaccine changes, citing a lack of scientific rigor
A US District Court sided with major medical institutions that the changes pushed by US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. were unlawful partly because they valued politics over expertise.
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Medicaid helps keep this NC teen alive and at home. Trump’s health care cuts will put her at risk.
With Medicaid cuts looming, the families of North Carolinians who rely on it are worried about what comes next for their loved ones.
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North Carolina’s ERs are already strained. Trump’s Medicaid cuts could make it worse.
If people lose insurance, they often rely on emergency rooms. But ERs were never intended to replace primary care, doctors warn
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North Carolina has a shortage of nurses. It’s expected to get a lot worse.
Medicaid cuts could worsen an existing nursing shortage that is already exhausting nurses and putting patients in danger.
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Every minute counts: Rural NC faces longer distances for emergency care
Across eastern NC, emergency care services aren’t always easy to come by and often require long wait times or distant drives.
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Mission Hospital nurses detail the ‘moral distress’ of working understaffed
Mission Hospital, like many across the country, is severely understaffed, posing a risk to patients who seek care there. If Trump’s Medicaid cuts go through, a bad situation will get much worse.
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Your zip code can determine your fate in North Carolina’s medical deserts
Seventy of North Carolina’s 78 rural counties are considered “medical deserts.”
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Potential measles exposure in Wake County, health officials say
A person with measles visited several public locations in Wake County on Feb. 5 and 6, including a gym and supermarket.
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Most Americans disapprove of RFK Jr.’s changes to vaccine policy, new poll says
A Kaiser Family Foundation poll found that adults who had heard of federal changes to the childhood vaccine schedule were twice as likely to say it would hurt children than help them.
