Business Leaders, Conservatives Across State Warm to Medicaid Expansion
In private, and increasingly in public, some are making their support for House Bill 655, which would allow for Medicaid…
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Laura Gerald and Susan Fitzgibbon Shumaker: Medicaid Expansion Would Be a Lifesaver and Job Creator
North Carolina is facing alarming health challenges. The opioid epidemic is still raging. Steep racial disparities are driving unacceptable differences…
Dr. Laura Gerald Featured in The Chronicle of Philanthropy’s “Leaders of Color Speak Out”
“A failure to embrace difference. One of the major problems facing us as a field is that we have not…
New Report Says 634,000 More North Carolinians Would Get Health-care Coverage Under Medicaid Expansion
According to the report, done by George Washington University researchers, if Medicaid were expanded as early as November 2019, 464,000…
Medicaid Expansion Projected to Bring Jobs to Every NC County, and Not Just in Health Care
As Gov. Roy Cooper duels with Republican legislators over the state budget and health care, a new study released Wednesday…
Report Updates Estimates on Potential Medicaid Expansion Benefit
About 634,000 people could benefit if North Carolina expanded the Medicaid program to cover more people, according to an updated…
Old Fort Forum Celebrates First Year
It’s been one year since the grassroots organization Old Fort Community Forum (OFCF) began working to provide the greater Old…
ECU Will Measure the Effect of Substance Abuse Interventions
The Trust is pleased to support East Carolina University’s community-based research to better understand mental health and substance abuse gaps in…