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HEALTH
A state task force on child fatalities wants Medicaid to cover doulas in NC
| August 23, 2024
Doulas are non-medical aides who provide information and support to parents before, during, and shortly after the birth of their babies. Supporters say the state should make doulas in NC more affordable.
Opinion: Climate change harms patients’ health. Kamala Harris has a plan to help.
| August 22, 2024
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.
Biden-Harris administration expands child care benefits in North Carolina
| August 20, 2024
Vice President Kamala Harris announced lowered child care costs for working families in North Carolina, building on prior federal funding for child care programs and promising more.
Josh Stein: Bringing about the end of the fentanyl crisis in our lifetime
| August 19, 2024
We’re making progress, but the work is far from over. Every life lost to fentanyl is one too many. The fentanyl crisis doesn’t have one simple cause – nor does it have one silver bullet solution. That’s why I’m using every tool in my arsenal to tackle it. As Governor, I will keep working across the aisle to pursue common-sense solutions to the fentanyl crisis.
Two years in, the Inflation Reduction Act is lowering health care costs and creating a clean energy jobs boom in North Carolina
| August 16, 2024
The Inflation Reduction Act ensured that 135,000 North Carolinians were able to keep their health insurance, reduced the cost of insulin for nearly 57,000 North Carolina seniors, and incentivized manufacturers to invest in the state and create more clean energy jobs.