In this report, Piedmont Rising highlights the ways in which North Carolina's rural communities face increasing difficulty accessing health care, how it impacts their well-being and possible solutions.
Reports show that many veterans and their loved ones would gain access to health care if Medicaid were expanded — and risks to their health access would increase if the Affordable Care Act were repealed.
CORONAVIRUS AND HISPANIC/LATINO HEALTH EQUITY IN NORTH CAROLINA
COVID-19 can affect anyone, yet new data show that communities of color are disproportionately impacted by pre-existing, racial/ethnic and economic disparities in light of this pandemic.
Seniors consistently take more medication for chronic illnesses, and the impact of these high costs results in financial strain for hundreds of thousands of North Carolinians, to say nothing of the millions of seniors across the US.