Here are some of the ways Republican-rule has worsened the impact of COVID-19 for North Carolinians
Last week the General Assembly passed a historic, bipartisan, first-step relief package to help North Carolina recover from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. However, a headline in the News & Observer pointed out that the package did not expand Medicaid or jobless benefits. Lawmakers said they wanted to avoid these controversial issues in order to pass this legislation […]
Rural Health Care in Crisis: Expanding Medicaid would help keep rural hospitals open and rural communities healthy
As of Friday, 33 percent of new COVID-19 infections in North Carolina were in rural counties. As cases spike in rural areas, both nationwide and in North Carolina, health care disparities have again entered the spotlight. A study conducted by the Robert Woods Johnson Foundation, NPR and Harvard University School of Public Health found that almost one quarter of rural […]
