Affordable Care Act Enrollment Dropped in Almost Every N.C. County This Year
Data show North Carolina recorded the sharpest drop nationwide in residents enrolling after Congress let premium subsidies expire.
North Carolina’s Medical School Boom
New schools in Charlotte and Fayetteville—and soon Wilmington—could help ease the state’s doctor shortage.
UNC Offered WakeMed $5 Billion, More Than Double Atrium’s Bid
Documents reveal WakeMed snubbed its rival’s offer, despite UNC Health offering $3 billion more than Atrium.
Trump’s $50 Billion Rural Health Bet Meets a Health Care Desert in North Carolina
The health care gaps in Martin County illustrate the finite reach of a fund Republicans crafted to strengthen support for Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
UNC Health Sent WakeMed an Offer. The Raleigh Hospital Says It’s Sticking with Atrium.
UNC Health made an offer after learning Atrium had struck a merger deal with its Triangle neighbor.
Holding Hospitals to Their Big Charity Care Promise
Hospitals agreed to forgive debt for millions of residents and to help more patients avoid future bills. Now they have to deliver.
A Reckoning Emerges In Proposed WakeMed-Atrium Hospital Deal
As costs soar, the proposed partnership has energized a bipartisan effort to block monster mergers.
More Health Coverage
Building a Safety Net for Harm Reduction During Disasters
Harm reduction groups and health care workers helped avert the worst after Hurricane Helene. But what about the next emergency?
From One Recovery to Another
For people in treatment for substance use disorder, the weeks and months after Hurricane Helene unraveled lives they’d spent years rebuilding.
Trump Cuts Threaten to Halt Two Decades of HIV Vaccine Research
Duke has led a national HIV research consortium since 2005, with several promising vaccines ready for trials. Now the NIH is ending its major grant.
‘Unintended Consequences’ of Republicans’ Medicaid Deal
A Department of Health and Human Services official emailed several Republicans about several provisions in the bill to fund Medicaid.
A Greensboro Abortion Provider Closes, Leaving Limited Options
Greensboro’s only clinic offering surgical abortions will close at the end of April. Providers, advocates, and patients are now scrambling to fill the gap.
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