How North Carolina made its hospitals do something about medical debt
North Carolina officials had been quietly laboring for months on an ambitious plan to tackle the state's mammoth medical debt ...
Democrat Wesley Harris, candidate for NC treasurer, answers our questions
Who will be North Carolina’s next treasurer? Get to know the candidates looking for your vote with our voter guide.
Republican Brad Briner, candidate for NC treasurer, answers our questions
Who will be North Carolina’s next treasurer? Get to know the candidates looking for your vote with our voter guide.
Raleigh mayor candidate Janet Cowell answers our questions
Raleigh voters will pick a new mayor and City Council members this November. All eight council seats, including the mayor’s, ...
How North Carolina made hospitals do something about medical debt
State officials threatened to withhold public money from hospitals, pioneering a strategy that could become a national model.
Ozempic, Wegovy maker Novo Nordisk questioned over high cost of weight-loss drugs
U.S. senators questioned Novo Nordisk CEO Lars Fruergaard Jørgensen about the high costs of the company's GLP-1 drugs, which include popular weight-loss drugs Wegovy and Ozempic. It comes after North ...
Weight-loss drugmaker CEO faces questions over high costs
U.S. senators questioned Novo Nordisk CEO Lars Fruergaard Jørgensen about the high costs of the company's GLP-1 drugs, which include popular weight-loss drugs Wegovy and Ozempic. It comes after North ...
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Legislature approves Medicaid money — but not what DHHS says is needed
The federal government pays most of North Carolina’s Medicaid expenditure, providing 65.91 cents of every dollar spent this fiscal year. Next year, that matching fund rate ticks downward to 65.06 ...
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The State That Chose to Cover Obesity Drugs for Its Poor, but Not Its Own Employees
Just this spring, the North Carolina state employees’ health plan dropped coverage of the ... His practice, at Advance Community Health in Raleigh, treats many Medicaid patients.
Gov. Roy Cooper releases stopgap child care funding, says industry remains in state of “crisis”
Gov. Roy Cooper announced Wednesday that the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services will release $67.5 million in ...
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North Carolina child becomes state's first case of measles in 6 years
RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- A Mecklenburg County child with measles is the first confirmed case reported in North Carolina since ... and in the U.S.," said State Health Director and NCDHHS Chief ...
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North Carolina and Georgia shift toward toss-up status for Harris
Biden’s postdebate rally in Raleigh ... state, Jackson argued, because “his brand of extremism is turning Republicans off.” GOP strategist Doug Heye questioned if Harris’s plan in North ...