The proposed legislation defines health benefit mandates as certain regulations on health insurance plans, including things like requiring coverage for hearing aids and prescription contraceptive ...
The Healthy Opportunities Pilot has helped thousands of low-income NC residents by addressing nonmedical health needs through ...
As the State Health Plan board weighs premium hikes, some members already face higher out-of-pocket health care costs.
Other states can draw lessons from 2019 HCA deal, could give AGs more power to regulate sales, strengthen certificate-of-need laws, it notes.
Over the past two decades, child homicides by a parent or caregiver have dropped, in part because of more supports for at-risk parents.
North Carolina’s summer nutrition programs provide free meals and snacks to youth, ages 18 and younger, who might otherwise go hungry.
While insurance companies press for higher premiums from policyholders to cover liability, state insurance commissioners are fiercely negotiating with the companies to keep rates as low as possible to ...
When someone is having a mental health crisis — whether they’re thinking about suicide, acting erratically or experiencing hallucinations — they frequently end up in a hospital emergency department, ...
Amanda Watson was diagnosed with breast cancer three weeks after having an emergency cesarean section to deliver her second son. Her test results showed she had one of the most aggressive forms of ...
As Christmas nears, many children will be anticipating a visit from Santa. But despite drops in North Carolina’s unemployment rate and a slowly recovering economy, many of North Carolina’s children ...