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Charlotte hospitals say ‘no thanks’ to charity’s efforts to erase medical debt
Earlier this year, Trinity Moravian Church in Winston-Salem received national attention for doing something extraordinary: It erased nearly $3.3 million in medical debt for 3,355 local families living below the poverty line. The tiny church, with an average attendance of about 75 on Sundays, did it by raising $15,000 and...
Progress steady toward opening Ocracoke Island’s first pharmacy
Christie Woolard, manager of what will soon be arguably the most remote pharmacy in North Carolina, joked that she has a “terrible commute to work each day.”. In reality, Woolard more or less works from home. She lives with her dog in an apartment above Ocracoke Health Center Pharmacy on Ocracoke Island in the state’s Outer Banks.
NC donors should take in-depth look at professional fundraisers
Good-hearted North Carolinians, many of them older people who are beseeched daily by charities for donations, can find reams of helpful state-compiled information on professional agencies and businesses that solicit for nonprofits. Before letting warm impulses separate you from your cold cash, it’s a good idea to consult sources such...
From creeks to clouds: The invisible invasion of microplastics
Judging by recent developments, microplastics have risen to the status of supervillain. Reports about these new anti-heros read almost like celebrity sightings. The tiny particles are everywhere: in water, on land, on mountaintops, in humans and animals — and even in the clouds. Microplastic compounds are defined as being...
Health care provided in jails likely falls short of community standards, survey says
On any given day, about 20,000 people are incarcerated inside North Carolina’s county jails. These individuals are more likely than the general population to have substance use disorders, mental health problems, chronic diseases and infectious diseases, according to years of research. Despite the large health care needs of this...
NC raising Medicaid rates for behavioral health providers for first time since 2012
Medicaid expansion, a decade-in-the-making measure that is expected to provide health insurance to more than 600,000 low-income North Carolinians, will take effect in less than two weeks. But the coverage created by expansion is only useful if eligible residents have access to health care providers that accept Medicaid. That’s particularly...
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