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What’s coming for 2025? NC Health News reporters look ahead into health policy for the new year.

NC Health News

Well be closely following the incoming administrations movements on Medicaid and related health policies in the weeks and months ahead. The National Conference of State Legislatures also predicted addressing the health care workforce shortage as another top issue for state legislatures next year. Kennedy Jr.,

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2024 election: Two radically different visions for environment, health

Environmental Health News

While the campaigns largely focused on immigration, the economy, reproductive rights and democratic principles, the two major party candidates, Vice President Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump, represent two wildly different approaches to environmental regulation and health policies. environmental health landscape.

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Donald Trump wins US presidency. What that could mean for the environment.

Environmental Health News

presidential election on Wednesday and while his campaign largely focused on isolationism, immigration, crime and inflation, his previous record in the White House suggests ramped up domestic fossil fuels production, weakening of laws meant to curb pollution and an overhaul of environmental and health agencies. Kennedy Jr.,