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HEALTH
Patients caught in a contract dispute have few good options.

So your insurance dropped your doctor. Now what?

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Nationwide, contract disputes are common, with more than 650 hospitals having public spats with an insurer since 2021. They could become even more common as hospitals brace for about $1 trillion in cuts to federal health care spending prescribed by President Donald Trump’s signature legislation signed into law in July.
The Perinatal Quality Collaborative of NC has been credited with reducing C-section births, boosting breastfeeding and cutting infection rates in the tiniest babies.

Medicaid funding shortfall shutters statewide program helping moms and babies

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The Perinatal Quality Collaborative of NC has been credited with reducing C-section births, boosting breastfeeding and cutting infection rates in the tiniest babies.
Photo of the exterior of a Planned Parenthood clinic.

NC House votes to block Medicaid patients from getting care at Planned Parenthood

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North Carolina Republicans approved a ‘bait and switch’ bill that would block Medicaid patients from using their insurance at Planned Parenthood clinics.
Raleigh, NC - USA - 6-7-2024: Poe Hall on the campus of NC State University. The building is suspected of containing harmful PCB chemicals with links to cancer

Fight continues for justice over PCB exposure at NC State

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Members of the North Carolina State University community are still seeking justice over cancer-causing toxins which caused the closure of one of its buildings.
The average cost for job-based family health coverage is now about the same as a new Toyota Corolla hybrid.

A new car vs. health insurance? Average family job-based coverage hits $27K

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With the federal shutdown entering its fourth week, spurred by a stalemate over the cost of health insurance for 22 million Americans on Affordable Care Act plans, a new report shows that over 154 million people with coverage through an employer also face steep price hikes — and that the situation is likely to get worse.