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NC program serves people with severe mental illness leaving prison

NC program to support people with severe mental illness leaving prison

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More than half of the people in the criminal justice system have a mental illness. A state program in NC wants to help them re-enter society. 
Affordable Care Act costs are about to skyrocket in North Carolina

Affordable Care Act premiums are about to soar in North Carolina

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With Republicans in D.C. blocking renewed Affordable Care Act subsidies, North Carolina is passing along steep rate hikes for health care coverage. 
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.
Advocates flood NC legislature as Medicaid funds dwindle

Advocates flood NC legislature as Medicaid cuts squeeze providers

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Health care experts and advocates for the poor converge on the NC legislature, calling on them to break their Medicaid stalemate.