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School-based clinics, nurses bridge care gaps for kids, communities after Helene

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By Jennifer Fernandez When the remnants of Hurricane Helene tore through western North Carolina , nurses based in schools and medical personnel from school-based health centers jumped in to help. The Hendersonville-based system supports more than three dozen school-based health centers in western North Carolina. As of Dec.

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Stein’s budget proposal invests in health care workforce, child care, improved access

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Stein, a Democrat who served as attorney general for the past eight years and a legislator in the General Assembly before that, noted that such a commitment includes health care. Too many families cant afford bare necessities like groceries, housing, health care. So we have to lower costs whenever we can. Allocating $1.3

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Financial pressures prompt women’s services cuts at NC rural hospitals

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By Jane Winik Sartwell Carolina Public Press Financial pressures on rural hospitals keep some North Carolina facilities from adequately serving pregnant women, new mothers and babies, but that isnt the full picture. Even so, they cant afford to lose too much money, or their ability to provide other services could suffer.