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NC Senate budget plan filled with health care policy initiatives

NC Health News

By Grace Vitaglione and Rose Hoban The North Carolina Senates proposed budget for the next two fiscal years is packed with policy around new health care initiatives, including repealing North Carolinas hospital capacity regulation laws, trimming vacant state job openings and increasing rates for child care subsidies. billion in the next.

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Telehealth and Medical Education

Exploring Health

Teaching Medical Students to Use Telehealth Can Reduce Rural Health Inequities Telehealth use has skyrocketed since the COVID-19 pandemic. This term refers to the issue of rural residents not being able to access healthcare improvements that are present in urban areas. Medical students have yet to be taught how to use it.

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Moore County organization expands youth transitional housing

NC Health News

Credit: Courtesy of TambraPlace Sowing seeds of success TambraPlace created its first home for youth in 2021 to serve young women ages 18-24 who are homeless, unaccompanied or considered at-risk. Six young men ranging in age from 18-20 have lived at Stone House. Because we do have so many unaccompanied homeless youth in rural areas.

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As ICE policy shifts, NC health care workers face uncertainty

NC Health News

By Anne Blythe As executive orders and new policy directives come out of the White House at a dizzying pace, many health care workers have found themselves in a quandary. Now many doctors and other health care providers are uncertain what to do if immigration officers, often referred to as ICE, show up in their waiting rooms and clinics.