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What is the Orange Card? Inside Guilford County’s health care safety net for the uninsured

What is the Orange Card? Inside Guilford County’s health care safety net for the uninsured

By Jennifer Fernandez In Guilford County, having an orange card means an uninsured dad who breaks his hand working around the house can get medical care. It means a self-employed mom who no longer qua...

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State officials, lawmakers press for delay on WakeMed/Atrium deal

State officials, lawmakers press for delay on WakeMed/Atrium deal

By Michelle Crouch and Rose Hoban State and local leaders are raising red flags over a proposed combination of WakeMed Health & Hospitals with Charlotte-based Atrium Health. They want more time to...

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Attempts to lower the rate of Black maternal deaths in NC face new challenges

Attempts to lower the rate of Black maternal deaths in NC face new challenges

Lynn Bonner NC Newsline The path leading to the track at a Durham middle school on Saturday was marked with signs bearing the names of Black women who died from pregnancy-related causes.  Walkers and...

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An urgent care treated her allergic reaction. An ER monitored her — for $6,700.

An urgent care treated her allergic reaction. An ER monitored her — for $6,700.

By Andrew Jones KFF Health News Silvana Toska was playing in a grass field with her daughters late last fall when she felt a sting on her ankle. The family had come to listen for barred and great horn...

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Charlotte-based Atrium Health targets WakeMed in proposed combination

Charlotte-based Atrium Health targets WakeMed in proposed combination

By Michelle Crouch and Rose Hoban Atrium Health, the state’s largest hospital system, is seeking to combine with Raleigh-based WakeMed Health & Hospitals, an independent nonprofit with five hospit...

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NC lawmakers propose raising tobacco age to 21, adding retail permits

NC lawmakers propose raising tobacco age to 21, adding retail permits

By Ashley Fredde Be Lanier, a sophomore at Cape Fear Academy, recently turned 16 years old — a milestone that often brings new independence. But for Lanier, it’s hard to think about getting older when...

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Looming Medicaid work rules bring big challenges to NC counties

Looming Medicaid work rules bring big challenges to NC counties

By Jaymie Baxley and Jennifer Fernandez North Carolina’s county social service offices are scrambling to prepare for new Medicaid work requirements — and most are still waiting for guidance from feder...

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NC county social service agencies brace for deluge of work as Medicaid work requirements go into effect

NC county social service agencies brace for deluge of work as Medicaid work requirements go into effect

By Jaymie Baxley and Jennifer Fernandez On a Thursday morning in March, Tyrome Powell was holding court over a small group of men at the Tiny House HOPE Center in Greensboro as he talked about basketb...

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Public hospital, private talks: Atrium board schedules four-hour closed session

Public hospital, private talks: Atrium board schedules four-hour closed session

By Michelle Crouch The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Hospital Authority board has scheduled a special meeting for today with four hours set aside for a closed session, an unusually long stretch of private dis...

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NC expands diversion programs for some low-level offenses as alternative to jail

NC expands diversion programs for some low-level offenses as alternative to jail

By Rachel Crumpler For 25 years, Lars Paul worked on the front lines of the war on drugs with the Fayetteville Police Department — making arrests for drug possession, responding to overdoses, leading ...