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Press Releases

2.1.13 Press Release for February 1, 2013 New Report on Health Reform and Implications for North Carolina

11.26.12 Press Release for November 26, 2012 2012 Child Health Report Card Shows Progress, Continued Challenges in Child Health

8.9.12 Press Release for August 9, 2012 NCIOM Charts Course to Address Young Children’s Mental Health Needs, Create Solid Foundation for Success

8.2.12 Press Release for August 2, 2012 NCIOM Task Force Focuses on Suicide Prevention

7.10.12 Press Release for July 10, 2012 NCIOM Names Zolotor New Vice President

4.16.12 Press Release for April 16, 2012 New Data Shows Growth of N.C.’s Uninsured Population
State-level Characteristics of the Uninsured
County-Level Estimates of the Uninsured

8.25.11 Media Advisory for August 29, 2011: National and State Health Leaders to Convene to Discuss Innovations in Health Care Delivery and Payment

NCIOM in the News

• 3.27.13 McCrory’s Medicaid plan doesn’t fix what’s broke, IndyWeek
• 3.21.13 Baffling comments from NC’s Medicaid director, The News & Observer
• 3.10.13 Opting out of Medicaid expansion may prove painful for North Carolinians, Fayetteville Observer
• 3.9.13 Extension column, The Robesonian
• 3.1.13 Experts: Improved communication can cut hospital readmissions, Winston-Salem Journal
• 2.26.13 House and Senate vote to send Medicaid bill to McCrory’s desk, WRAL
• 2.24.13 GA legislation affects low-wage workers, jobless, Jefferson Post
• 2.23.13 WSSU to offer doctor of nursing practice degree in the fall, Winston Salem Chronicle
• 2.22.13 Editorial: WSSU doctoral nursing program important to future health-care needs, Winston-Salem Journal
• 2.19.13 Medicaid expansion needed in North Carolina for many reasons, Charlotte Observer
• 2.18.13 Too many wins for North Carolina to reject a Medicaid expansion, The News & Observer
• 2.15.13 WSSU to start nursing doctoral program, Winston-Salem Journal
• 2.13.13 N.C. GOP relying on specious claims to get Medicaid bill closer to passage, IndyWeek
• 2.10.13 Dislike Obamacare? Take Medicaid expansion deal anyway, Charlotte Observer
• 2.10.13 Free clinics are priceless, Salisbury Post
• 2.8.13 A look at what’s at stake as debate over N.C. Medicaid expansion slows down, Triangle Business Journal
• 2.7.13 Congressmen ask NC House to reject bill blocking Medicaid expansion, WRAL
• 2.6.13 Should states expand Medicaid?, Forbes
• 2.4.13 Medicaid study offers promising numbers, Rocky Mount Telegram
• 2.4.13 Lawmakers forge ahead to block Medicaid expansion, WRAL
• 2.3.13 North Carolina GOP lawmakers work to block Medicaid coverage expansion, Fayetteville Observer
• 2.1.13 Audit: State overspent Medicaid budget by $1.4B, The News & Observer
• 2.1.13 Study: Nonpartisan group’s report finds N.C. would likely save $65.4M over 8 years with Medicaid expansion, Associated Press
• 1.31.13 Audit shows North Carolina wastes millions on Medicaid, Associated Press
• 1.31.13 NC Senate committee moves to limit state role in federal health care reform, The News & Observer
• 1.30.13 GOP lawmakers seek to block Medicaid expansion, Associated Press
• 1.30.13 The YES team: Lobbying for a school health center, IndyWeek
• 11.26.12 NC report analyzes child health in 15 areas, Associated Press
• 11.26.12 Annual Report Card Shows Poor Economy Hinders Child Health, North Carolina Health News
• 11.25.12 An insurance exchange for North Carolina, The News & Observer
• 11.21.12 Perdue chooses one health-exchange plan; McCrory could choose another, IndyWeek
• 11.15.12 NC to establish state-federal partnership health exchange, Triangle Business Journal
• 11.15.12 NC Health Benefits Exchange in Holding Pattern, North Carolina Health News
• 11.16.12 NC to build state-federal online insurance market, Associated Press
• 10.10.12 State of the Child puts young children in perspective, The Jefferson Post
• 10.8.12 Reversing the spread of childhood obesity, The News & Observer
• 9.26.12 The Last Battle: Efforts to provide mental health care for war veterans falling short, The Fayetteville Observer

Reaction to U.S. Supreme Court Ruling on Health Reform

• 6.28.12 Doctor explains the Supreme Court decision on health care, NBC-17
• 6.28.12 N.C. Senate’s inaction could give federal government control 0f state’s health exchanges, Charlotte Observer
• 6.28.12 Millions of North Carolinians could gain health care coverage, WCHL
• 6.28.12 NC Lawmakers won’t act on part of US health reform, WRAL
• 6.28.12 Supreme Court ruling and Medicaid patients, WBTV
• 6.29.12 Health reform decisions now move to states, NC Health News
• 6.29.12 Feds may control some N.C. insurance sales, Asheville Citizen-Times

2012 Uninsured Data Coverage

• 4.16.12 Ranks of uninsured Tar Heels jump more than twice as quickly as N.C. population, The News & Observer
• 4.16.12 Agency: More NC residents are uninsured, Associated Press
• 4.16.12 New figures show percentage of N.C.’s uninsured by counties, demographics, Mountain Xpress
• 4.24.12 Number of uninsured in county continues to rise, The Dispatch