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Government Agencies Point Fingers Over Coal Ash Delays
By Kirk Ross Coastal Review Online With a March primary and an early start to the session, the N.C. General Assembly’s environmental oversight committees have begun prepping legislation for this...
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Report: Shorthanded, Swamped County Workers Led to Food Stamp, Medicaid Delays
It turns out workers weren’t just complaining, there really was a torrent of work. By Rose Hoban In 2013 and 2014, headlines proclaimed months-long delays in processing applications for Medicaid and...
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Kids’ Docs Make Voices Heard on Medicaid Reform
The state Department of Health and Human Services holds its final Medicaid reform hearing – and hears plenty from pediatricians. By Taylor Sisk “You really see democracy in action,” state Department of...
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Coal Ash Well Families Bring Their Frustrations to Raleigh
Two well owners living near coal ash pits who received letters from the state telling them their water is safe joined with Democratic lawmakers in Raleigh to call for an investigation. By Rose Hoban...
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ED Wait Times Not Budging for Mental Health Patients
Psychiatric patients languish in hospital emergency rooms all over the state. Will it get better? By Rose Hoban During the first week in May, the emergency department at WakeMed in Raleigh went on...
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Medicaid Expansion Remains a Hot Issue at General Assembly
Three years after lawmakers rejected the possibility, Medicaid expansion continues to be a heated topic. By Minali Nigam With officials from the state Department of Health and Human Services wrapping...
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Senators Crackdown on Dumping Unwanted Children
North Carolina senators want to ban a specific type of child custody: The kind created when parents hand off their children to strangers. By Minali Nigam For pet owners who feel they can’t take care...
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Lawmakers Axe Long-term Care Oversight Panel
A bill that popped up late in the legislative session erodes some protections for residents of problematic long-term care facilities. By Thomas Goldsmith A bill headed for Gov. Pat McCrory’s desk...
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NC Plan to Spend $22.4 Billion, Cut Taxes, Just a Shot Away
The budget should be wrapped up by July 1, in time for the new fiscal year’s start. By Rose Hoban With just two more votes to go in the House of Representatives, this year’s $22.3 billion budget is...
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Burlington Family Fights On After Son’s Traumatic Brain Injury
The experiences of two families devastated by traumatic brain injury display the limitations of North Carolina’s ability and willingness to help their injured children. By Thomas Goldsmith On Jan. 28,...
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Coal Ash Well Families Bring Their Frustrations to Raleigh
Two well owners living near coal ash pits who received letters from the state telling them their water is safe joined with Democratic lawmakers in Raleigh to call for an investigation. By Rose Hoban...
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ED Wait Times Not Budging for Mental Health Patients
Psychiatric patients languish in hospital emergency rooms all over the state. Will it get better? By Rose Hoban During the first week in May, the emergency department at WakeMed in Raleigh went on...
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Medicaid Expansion Remains a Hot Issue at General Assembly
Three years after lawmakers rejected the possibility, Medicaid expansion continues to be a heated topic. By Minali Nigam With officials from the state Department of Health and Human Services wrapping...
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Senators Crackdown on Dumping Unwanted Children
North Carolina senators want to ban a specific type of child custody: The kind created when parents hand off their children to strangers. By Minali Nigam For pet owners who feel they can’t take care...
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Lawmakers Axe Long-term Care Oversight Panel
A bill that popped up late in the legislative session erodes some protections for residents of…Click To Tweet By Thomas Goldsmith A bill headed for Gov. Pat McCrory’s desk would eliminate the state’s...
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NC Plan to Spend $22.4 Billion, Cut Taxes, Just a Shot Away
The budget should be wrapped up by July 1, in time for the new fiscal year’s start. By Rose Hoban With just two more votes to go in the House of Representatives, this year’s $22.3 billion budget is...
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Burlington Family Fights On After Son’s Traumatic Brain Injury
The experiences of two families devastated by traumatic brain injury display the limitations of North Carolina’s ability and willingness to help their injured children. By Thomas Goldsmith On Jan. 28,...
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Beyond Medicaid, Lawmakers Have Lots of Health Care Priorities
North Carolina legislators say they’ve been at work already, cranking out proposals and draft legislation to address a number of health care issues. By Rose Hoban North Carolina’s lawmakers returned to...
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Audit Finds Continued Problems Signing Up Medicaid Recipients
Poor training, supervision and management have continued to plague county systems for getting people signed up for Medicaid. By Rose Hoban Signing up Medicaid recipients quickly and accurately without...
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Medicaid Expansion Plan Would Cover More Enrollees Than Previously Thought
By Rose Hoban More than 625,000 North Carolinians would gain health insurance coverage under the plans that the Department of Health and Human Services is drafting for federal regulators. That number...
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