Health Department Funding Has Plummeted Over Decade; Columbus Not Alone
For more than a decade, Columbus County women have had fewer and fewer affordable options to test themselves for breast…
Category: Equitable Health Outcomes
NC Public Health Departments Called Overworked, Underfunded
North Carolina has spent fewer and fewer dollars on public health over the past decade, and local health officials say…
Opinion: Invest in Nonprofit Capacity and Community Voice to Help Medicaid Transformation Succeed
To the Editor—Thank you for highlighting Medicaid transformation in your September/October issue. The spotlight is upon North Carolina. How we…
March to Medicaid Managed Care Switch Looking Rocky
No one said it would be easy to move 1.6 million Medicaid recipients away from the existing fee-for-service system that’s…
Why North Carolina Might be the Most Innovative Health Care State in America
Two top Obamacare officials spent years in their Washington offices, right next door for a time, thinking about how to…
Dr. Laura Gerald: Healthy Eating and Active Living Through an Equity Lens
To ensure equitable health outcomes, we need to be explicit about goals, build transparent relationships with local communities, address underlying…