HEALTHBEAT

MARCH 8, 2025

The Georgia General Assembly this week took a major step toward creating a certification program for the states community health workers, who work with hospitals and nonprofits to help people navigate the health care system and find needed resources. Its going to be very beneficial for maternal care and even our mental health.

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NC Health News

MARCH 19, 2025

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. Closing maternity wards has sometimes served as a warning sign of deeper financial troubles to come.

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NC Health News

JANUARY 2, 2025

Its been little over a year since the measure took effect, and we now have a clearer picture of what it accomplished: more than 600,000 low-income North Carolinians received health insurance through expansion, surpassing in just 12 months a milestone the state estimated would take at least two years to reach.

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