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North Carolina News You Can Use

HEALTHCARE
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. 
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.
Photo of a homeless woman, with bags of possessions, sleeps at a bus stop in NC.

‘Housing is health care’: Trump’s Medicaid cuts could leave thousands of NC families homeless

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Floodwaters, rats, and mold once threatened to derail a Haywood County family’s future—until Medicaid helped them find safe housing. Now advocates warn stories like theirs may disappear under Republicans’ “big beautiful bill.”