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HEALTHCARE
Insulin price cuts for 154,000 North Carolina seniors through Biden-Harris initiative
| August 10, 2024
As a result of the Biden-Harris administration’s Inflation Reduction Act, Medicare recipients now pay no more than $35 a month for insulin. Carrol Olinger was panicking. It was 2022, and the retired Fayetteville teacher — disabled and between jobs — relied on Medicare to help pay for insulin to treat her type 1 […]
Scholarship program fast-tracks nurses’ training to ease workforce shortages
| August 10, 2024
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 […]
Major drugmakers capped cost of asthma inhalers at $35 per month after investigation from Democrats
| August 7, 2024
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.
How new federal health laws fill the gaps in NC and support breastfeeding workers
| August 5, 2024
BLACK MATERNAL HEALTH | BLACK OWNED BUSINESS | CHARLOTTE | COLLEGE STUDENTS | Community | EDUCATION | FAMILY | Greensboro | HEALTH | HEALTHCARE | Lead Story | NC LAW | RURAL HEALTHCARE | women's health
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.
Birth control is now available over the counter in NC for free through Medicaid
| August 1, 2024
ABORTION | Community | EQUALITY | HEALTH | HEALTHCARE | Lead Story | NORTH CAROLINA LEADERS | NORTH CAROLINA NEWS | RURAL HEALTHCARE | women's health
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.