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RURAL HEALTHCARE
Trump’s threats to repeal the Affordable Care Act would devastate North Carolina
| March 26, 2024
2024 ELECTIONS | HEALTHCARE | Lead Story | NORTH CAROLINA LEADERS | NORTH CAROLINA NEWS | RURAL HEALTHCARE
The Affordable Care Act expanded access to healthcare for millions of Americans. A second Trump presidency could end that progress, especially in rural North Carolina. Fourteen years ago, on March 23, 2010, President Barack Obama signed the Affordable Care Act (ACA) into law. Despite the law’s impact in giving millions of Americans health coverage for […]
We asked North Carolinians if child tax credit payments helped them. Here’s what they said.
| February 29, 2024
Most of the North Carolinians we talked to said the Biden tax credit payments made a big difference at the end of each month. Right now, there’s a push in DC to restore them.
Medicaid expansion is providing a lifeline to rural North Carolina
| January 17, 2024
It’s only been a month and a half since Medicaid expansion launched in North Carolina, but it’s already been life changing for many residents. The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services automatically enrolled nearly 273,000 people into the program on Dec. 1, including more than 67,000 who live in rural areas, with a […]
Rural hospitals, nursing schools, and mental health support: How NC will spend its $1.7 billion Medicaid bonus
| January 11, 2024
North Carolina expanded Medicaid last year in part because President Biden’s 2021 American Rescue Plan offered a financial incentive that will have equally huge effects on rural healthcare services.
How $37 billion in federal funding is being used to improve at-home caregiving in NC
| December 21, 2023
HEALTH | HEALTHCARE | NORTH CAROLINA LEADERS | NORTH CAROLINA NEWS | RURAL ECONOMY | RURAL HEALTHCARE
North Carolina used American Rescue Plan dollars to fund wage increases for at-home caregivers and launch a fund to recruit and retain workers.