Archive for author: righttime_admin

By Elisabeth Rosenthal KFF Health News Wary of inflation, Americans have been watching the prices of everyday items such as eggs and gasoline. A less-noticed expense should cause greater alarm: rising...

By Katie Dukes Education NC The number of licensed family child care homes (FCCHs) in North Carolina has decreased by 22% since before the pandemic.  During the five years when pandemic-era funding wa...

By Elisabeth Rosenthal and Hannah Norman KFF Health News Amid the challenges of adulthood, one rite of passage is unique to the United States: the need to find your own health insurance by the time yo...

It’s been six months since a now-infamous email presented millions of federal workers with a pivotal decision: They could reply “resign” to give up their job and receive full pay and benefits through ...

By Felice J. Freyer KFF Health News BRISTOL, R.I. — At age 82, Roberta Rabinovitz realized she had no place to go. A widow, she had lost both her daughters to cancer, after living with one and then th...

By Stephanie Armour KFF Health News Dining under palm trees on a patio at Mar-a-Lago in December, President-elect Donald Trump reassured chief executives at pharmaceutical giants Eli Lilly and Pfizer ...

By Rachel Crumpler Since 2020, Josh Dumas’ 14-year-old transgender son has received gender-affirming care — including puberty blockers and testosterone — from an Atrium Health doctor in Charlotte.  Du...

By Taylor Knopf A for-profit psychiatric hospital in Raleigh — regularly sanctioned by regulators and visited by police due to fights, patient escapes and reports of alleged sexual assault — is expand...

By Grace Vitaglione Some employers and health systems in North Carolina are looking to change how they manage prescription drug benefits for their employees.  More employers are considering alternativ...