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UNC Health Care Mistakenly Leaks Patient Forms to Outside Agencies

Posted by Bruce Rosenbloom | Mar 20, 2017 | Safety

Women who visited specific branches of UNC Health Care for prenatal examinations may have had their personal information released to outside agencies by mistake. A release was issued on Monday by the university-based medical...

Survey: North Carolinians Want Repeal of HB2, Medicaid Expansion and Independent Redistricting

Posted by Blake Hodge | Jan 23, 2017 | State

A new survey of North Carolinians shows support for two issues being pushed by new Democratic Governor Roy Cooper. We’ve entered a new year with House Bill 2 on the books in North Carolina, but public opinion is continuing to...

Medicaid Expansion In NC?

Posted by Aaron Keck | Jan 18, 2016 | State Government

North Carolina hasn’t expanded Medicaid yet. What are the possibilities for 2016?

HIV Survival Rates Disproportionately Low in South

Posted by Blake Hodge | Jan 20, 2015 | Health

Survival rates for those infected with HIV/AIDS in the South are the lowest across the nation. Nine southern states, including North Carolina, are hit disproportionately hard by HIV/AIDS, according to new research out of Duke...

UNC Develops Online Tool to Predict Doctor Workforce

Posted by Staff | Jul 31, 2014 | Health

The FutureDocs Forecasting Tool will allow health care providers and anyone interested to be more aware to fluctuations in what specialties of doctors will or will not be available in the near future.

Medicaid Advocates Hold Press Event in Raleigh

Posted by Staff | Jun 3, 2014 | State Government

Advocates for expanding Medicaid in North Carolina scheduled a press conference earlier this afternoon at the Legislative Building in Raleigh.

Gov. McCrory: Fix Medicaid First, Agree To Disagree, And Against Shutdown

Posted by Ran Northam | Nov 1, 2013 | State Government

Your Governor, Pat McCrory, joined Ron Stutts by phone on the WCHL Friday Morning News to talk about Medicaid, Moral Mondays, and the government shutdown.

NC Legislature OKs Personal Care Service Change

Posted by Associated Press | Jul 10, 2013 | State Government

A way to restore more Medicaid-funded assistance to people in North Carolina with dementia or Alzheimer’s disease has received final legislative approval.

NC Medicaid Shortfall Now $330 Million-Plus

Posted by Associated Press | May 22, 2013 | State Government

The North Carolina office that oversees Medicaid says the funding shortfall for the government health insurance program is more than $330 million.

Medicaid and Medicare Myths

Posted by Staff | Jun 16, 2011 | Uncategorized

In the face of all the budget cuts for both state and federal I thought some interesting facts and statistics would put our “state of Medicaid and Medicare” in perspective. The bill recently approved by the U.S. House of...

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