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These church members disagree on politics. Together they’re wiping out medical debt.
By Noam N. Levey KFF Health News WINSTON-SALEM — Some issues, like immigration or student loans, are too divisive to unite Trinity Moravian Church. “We’ve got quite a spread of political beliefs,” said the Rev. John Jackman, who leads this 114-year-old red-brick church near Winston-Salem’s old textile mills. Conservative Republicans sit with liberal Democrats. Supporters…
From the legislature to sports arenas to websites, NC weighs accessibility upgrades
By Rose Hoban Key takeaways: Two decades ago, lobbyist Julia Adams started out at the North Carolina General Assembly as an advocate for people with disabilities. Adams, herself, alternates between using a wheelchair and crutches to get to lawmakers’ offices and committee meetings. In those days, it was a real challenge in the legislative building,…
Lawmakers end multi-million-dollar hospital tax ‘loophole’
By Michelle Crouch Co-published with The Charlotte Ledger A little-noticed provision in the state budget that was approved last week aims to shut down a tax strategy used by at least one hospital system to exceed the state’s sales tax refund cap. The change would require nonprofit and public hospital systems to file a single…
UNC Health seeks approval for new hospital in Asheville
By Ted Clifford Asheville Watchdog UNC Health, the University of North Carolina’s hospital system, has applied for permission to open a 92-bed hospital near downtown Asheville. North Carolina’s state-owned nonprofit health provider, which already has a management agreement with UNCHealth Pardee in Henderson County, made the request to the North Carolina Department of Health and…
Survey: Staff say school-based telehealth cuts behavioral issues
By Jennifer Fernandez Key takeaways At North Carolina schools that provide behavioral health care remotely, teachers and school staff say they’re seeing an impact on students’ behavioral challenges. The new data comes from initial responses to a survey by researchers at the Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research at UNC Chapel Hill. They…
EPA’s PFAS retreat is ‘a slap in the face,’ NC advocate says
By Will Atwater Two years ago, Emily Donovan stood on a stage in Fayetteville and introduced then-EPA Administrator Michael Regan. Regan, who was secretary of the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality before being tapped by the Biden administration to lead the EPA, had returned to the region — where in 2017 the public first…
