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Legislative battle continues over how to address health care costs in North Carolina

NC Health News

He was diagnosed with severe Crohns disease Isaacs immune system had decided that his own intestines were an enemy. Franklins insurance company required prior approval before covering the medications Isaac needed a process that took months, Franklin said. Time was not on our side, said Franklin, whos from Wake County.

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Homeless sweeps thwarting health care in California as medicine, ID lost

HEALTHBEAT

On the ground, health care experts and homeless service providers say the law enforcement crackdown is undercutting taxpayer investments in evidence-based treatment and housing services that are being deployed by cities and states around the nation as politicians look to the health care system to aggressively move people off the streets.