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.
Nearly 500,000 North Carolinians have enrolled in the state’s Medicaid expansion program, nearly 40% of whom live in rural communities. The five counties that have seen the highest enrollment rates are also rural, with enrollment rates nearly double the state average.
Harris has vowed to restore abortion rights nationwide, if elected, and has been a staunch defender of reproductive freedom, and her commitment to those positions is gaining praise in North Carolina.
Conveniently, Vance blames my people for their struggles and paints them as lazy while blaming his circumstances on his mother and her battle with addiction. He seems to believe that all his traumas should be attributed to a culture that is not even his.
It’s going to be the community here in Northampton who will make it happen. We need to advocate for more: more clinics and more providers to deliver the healthcare that Medicaid covers. When new businesses set up shop, we should ask them to invest in the community’s health, knowing that they will benefit when all of us have access to the care we need.
State and federal leaders say they’re making progress extending access into NC broadband internet gaps—mostly because of Biden infrastructure funding—but the Republican closure of an affordable broadband program for lower-income people threatens to dampen progress.
In an election year where abortion is set to loom large, Down Home NC is organizing and knocking on doors in rural North Carolina with in-depth conversations focused on issues rather than candidates.
Despite Biden’s policy achievements, this year’s presidential election between he and Trump remains a toss-up, with North Carolina serving as one of the key swing states that will determine the winner. Highlighting the stakes of the election, Harrison expressed his concern that the freedoms won in the past were at risk.
One in three pregnant women in North Carolina do not receive the necessary prenatal care during their first three months of pregnancy, according to recent data.
U.S. Rep. Alma Adams from North Carolina partners with Republicans to fund research in preventing stillbirths, which happen about 58 times a day in America.
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