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ACA enrollment dropped sharply in North Carolina. More people across the state are expected to lose coverage.
By Jacob Biba NCLocal Amid rising costs and the expiration of enhanced subsidies, fewer North Carolina residents enrolled in health coverage under the Affordable Care Act for 2026, according to the latest figures from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. What is ACA Coverage and why do people use it? Signed into law in…
After an abnormal mammogram, a battle for care
By Michelle Crouch The Charlotte Ledger Kimberly Sanders thought she was doing the right thing when she stepped into a mobile mammogram van parked outside her Charlotte workplace, a primary care clinic, last October. It seemed like a simple, convenient way to get her annual breast cancer screening. But when the scan came back abnormal,…
At 75, Myron Cohen isn’t interested in retiring. But fewer titles would be welcome.
By Rose Hoban About 15 years ago, Myron Cohen helped change the course of a pandemic. Cohen, who’s has been an infectious disease researcher and administrator at UNC Chapel Hill for more than four decades, was lauded worldwide in 2011 for leading a seminal study showing a stunning result: Treating people with HIV with antiretroviral…
The end of an era: Roxboro’s Cole’s Pharmacy closes after 69 years
By Jessie Butner Roxboro Courtier-Times Uptown Roxboro sat quietly under Friday’s abysmal gray and cloudy chill all afternoon – with the exception of 117 N. Main Street. Inside, a crowd of people, congregating at tables or waiting in line, found no shortage of conversation, but little elbow room. The aroma of food that sizzled as…
Raleigh hospital’s attempt to expand cancer services leads to revealing CON law dispute with neighboring systems
By Anne Blythe Many health care systems talk about three main pillars of care for treating cancer patients: medical, surgical and radiation oncology. It turns out that having state-of-the-art radiation technology can not only help heal patients, it can also be beneficial to a hospital system’s bottom line. A high-stakes dispute among three major hospital…
As teen crash deaths climb, North Carolina students push safe driving
By Jennifer Fernandez During Isabella Avila’s freshman year at Union Pines High School in rural Moore County, a member of the senior class died in a car accident. Then, during her sophomore year, a freshman was killed when the vehicle he was driving crashed into a house, she said. Media reports at the time indicate…
