NC Health News

NOVEMBER 23, 2024

By Liz Carey The Daily Yonder According to new research from the University of Minnesota Rural Health Research Center , rural residents are not significantly more likely to be worried about their medical bills than their urban counterparts, but they are more likely to have trouble paying them. percent compared to 6 percent). “The

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HEALTHBEAT

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Local health department staffing grew by about 19% from 2019 to 2022, according to a report from the National Association of County and City Health Officials that studied 2,512 of the nation’s roughly 3,300 local departments. That same report explained that half of their revenue in 2022 came from federal sources.

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KFF Health News

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Recent efforts to address health disparities have run headlong into racist policies still entrenched in health systems. health care system and structural barriers have led to persistent health inequities that cost more than a million lives and billions of dollars, according to the national academies report.

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