The proposed legislation defines health benefit mandates as certain regulations on health insurance plans, including things like requiring coverage for hearing aids and prescription contraceptive ...
As the State Health Plan board weighs premium hikes, some members already face higher out-of-pocket health care costs.
Other states can draw lessons from 2019 HCA deal, could give AGs more power to regulate sales, strengthen certificate-of-need laws, it notes.
Over the past two decades, child homicides by a parent or caregiver have dropped, in part because of more supports for at-risk parents.
North Carolina’s summer nutrition programs provide free meals and snacks to youth, ages 18 and younger, who might otherwise go hungry.
While insurance companies press for higher premiums from policyholders to cover liability, state insurance commissioners are fiercely negotiating with the companies to keep rates as low as possible to ...
In 2022, North Carolina launched an experimental initiative to address the nonmedical health needs of low-income residents by using Medicaid dollars. This first-in-the-nation effort, known as the ...
North Carolina’s men seem to be doing better than the state’s women in getting exercise and improving their life expectancies over time. And while all of North Carolina’s counties saw increases in ...