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Local Office Helps You Prepare for Medicare Open Enrollment

Open Enrollment happens from October 15 – December 7 and is the time each year when you can make changes to your coverage. The changes you make during Open Enrollment are effective January 1 of next year (the plan must get your enrollment request by December 7). Need help...

Caswell County, NC · 10-01
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Davie County Enterprise Record

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Healthcare grants help expand access to care in Davie County

Access to quality healthcare can make a meaningful difference in the lives of individuals and families, particularly when medical needs, financial challenges or emotional trauma create additional barriers. Through the […]

Davie County, NC · 10-01

NC Newsline

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Medicaid is about to end in NC for thousands of refugees

Starting Oct. 1, about 14,000 people living in North Carolina who were admitted to the United States for humanitarian reasons will no longer have comprehensive health insurance coverage through Medicaid.  The provision ending most Medicaid coverage for refugees and people granted asylum was in the giant bundle of safety net and tax cuts Congress approved […]

North Carolina · 09-29

The Johnstonian News

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North Carolina launches $20 million annual rural health fund

North Carolina launches a Rural Health Innovation Fund to provide about $20 million annually for up to five years for rural providers’ digital health projects.

North Carolina · 10-01

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Dismissed lawsuit alleged fraud in NC Medicaid tech overhaul

A recently unsealed whistleblower lawsuit, which a federal judge later dismissed, accuses North Carolina health officials of misrepresenting information to the federal government as the state sought federal funding for the long-delayed overhaul of its Medicaid technology. The lawsuit was filed in Maryland in August 2024 by former NCDHHS project...

North Carolina · 10-01

WFMY NEWS2

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Burlington nursing home must pay nearly $100k to the state after reportedly hiring fake nurse

Burlington, NC · 10-01

North Carolina Health News

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‘The story is always the same’: NC officials confront broken involuntary commitment system

NC’s involuntary commitment system faces scrutiny for leaning on emergency rooms, law enforcement and court orders in mental health crises. Families and advocates say patients and caregivers are left confused, sidelined and wary of seeking help again. State leaders are pursuing reforms to cut unnecessary commitments, expand voluntary treatment...

North Carolina · 09-29

The Enterprise

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North Carolina launches $20 million annual rural health fund

North Carolina launches a Rural Health Innovation Fund offering about $20 million annually to help rural providers adopt digital tools and modernize care.

North Carolina · 10-01

WRAL News

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Auditor relaunches review of NC Medicaid project that costs hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars

North Carolina has spent hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars trying to modernize the computer system that helps run the state’s Medicaid program — an overhaul intended to improve care, pay healthcare providers faster and give the state better tools to detect waste and fraud. The state auditor...

North Carolina · 09-28

WSOC Charlotte

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NC launches $20M annual fund for rural health care

North Carolina is launching a new fund that will provide about $20 million a year to help rural health care providers modernize their technology and infrastructure.

North Carolina · 09-30

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Sheriff warns residents after two rabies cases confirmed in Moore County

Two separate cases of rabies have been confirmed in Moore County, prompting authorities to remind residents to use caution around wildlife. Moore County Sheriff Ronnie Fields said testing confirmed Monday, Sept. 29, that a raccoon found in the Vass area and a bat found in the Whispering Pines area were both positive for rabies.

Moore County, NC · 09-29

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AARP poll: Rising costs shape priorities for older NC voters

Based on a bipartisan poll from AARP conducted this month, voters 50 and older are focused on cost of living for the upcoming midterms. While that’s a concern for many, Michael Olender, the state director of AARP North Carolina, says it’s especially important for those living on fixed incomes.

North Carolina · 09-28

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11th District candidate Ager calls for ‘universal’ healthcare

RALEIGH — Democratic congressional candidate Jamie Ager told attendees at a recent campaign event that healthcare should be made “universal,” according to remarks recorded at the gathering that were shared with North State Journal. Ager, a farmer and co-owner of Hickory Nut Gap, is the Democratic nominee...

North Carolina · 09-28

WOWO News

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Medicaid patients, medical groups sue over new work requirement rules

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (WOWO) — Medicaid patients from Indiana and four other states have joined several medical organizations in a federal lawsuit challenging rules governing exemptions from new Medicaid work requirements. According to 21Alive, the lawsuit, filed in federal court in Maryland, includes Medicaid enrollees from Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, Missouri...

Indiana · 09-25

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Healthcare Reform Is Not Optional

RALEIGH — The top priority among voters this year is affordability. Various polls in North Carolina and other states ask the question in various ways — sometimes asking respondents about “affordability” explicitly, or using such terms as inflation or the cost of living, or allow respondents to volunteer their own responses — but the answers all converge. Voters want their leaders to do whatever they can to make essential goods and services more affordable. Candidates who appear blasé about affordability are about to lose competitive races and, even in safe seats, draw fewer votes than normal.

North Carolina · 09-28

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AARP poll: Rising costs shape priorities for older NC voters

Based on a bipartisan poll from AARP conducted this month, voters 50 and older are focused on cost of living for the upcoming midterms. While that’s a concern for many, Michael Olender, the state director of AARP North Carolina, says it’s especially important for those living on fixed incomes.

North Carolina · 09-28

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NC directs more than $10.7M to crisis pregnancy centers

North Carolina’s latest budget allocated more than $10.7 million to crisis pregnancy centers, also known as pregnancy resource centers. Over the past decade, state funding for these nonprofit, mostly Christian-led centers has substantially increased. About 100 centers operate across North Carolina and seek to encourage women to continue their...

North Carolina · 09-28

chathamjournal.com

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From the Haw River to the tap: Inside Pittsboro’s water plant

Pittsboro, NC – Before water reaches a kitchen faucet in Pittsboro, it climbs from the Haw River to a treatment plant off U.S. 15-501, passes through a series of chemical and physical processes, and is tested and adjusted by operators who must respond to everything from muddy runoff to traces of industrial chemicals. On our Aug. 18 tour, water filtration administrator Cory Saulsbury showed us how the system works and explained a central challenge: The plant can remove much of what enters with the river, but its performance and costs are tied to what communities upstream send downstream.

Pittsboro, NC · 09-25

The Robesonian

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Red Springs nurse Johnson graduates from NCNA’s Leadership Academy

RALEIGH — Red Springs nurse Lisa Johnson recently graduated from the North Carolina Nurses Association’s (NCNA) Leadership Academy

Red Springs, NC · 09-25