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Hamlet Fire Department earns new rating, lowers industry insurance rates
HAMLET — Many of Richmond County’s industries will see their insurance rates lowered following a favorable inspection by the N.C. Department of Insurance and the Office of the State Fire Marshal.
Clock may run out on Association Health Plans as cost-saving measure
RALEIGH — Lawmakers are fighting to help small businesses afford health insurance, but they’re running out of time.
Independent pharmacies welcome SCOTUS ruling on benefit managers
RALEIGH — Pharmacist Darius Russell, owner of Russell’s Pharmacy and Shoppe in Durham, hopes to stop losing money on helping patients.
COVID-19 shutdowns swell the ranks of the uninsured
General Assembly closer to giving direct primary care docs legal protection
RALEIGH — Doctors who fled the health insurance system to offer transparent prices and more personal care got a boost from state lawmakers.
Bill gives state power to audit pharmacy middlemen
RALEIGH — A year ago, Debbie Townsend still hoped she could turn things around.
Her patients don’t know it, but she bleeds money filling many of their prescriptions. In a few weeks, she’ll lose the independent pharmacy she has run for the past 15 years.
Hometown Debate focuses on combating rising health care costs
RALEIGH — Partisanship often dominates contemporary political dialogue, but it’s possible for Republicans and Democrats to find at least some common ground.
Blue Cross N.C. loses major deal after CEO’s arrest
Experts discuss implications of Medicaid expansion in N.C.
RALEIGH — Expanding Medicaid in North Carolina would reverberate throughout the state in disparate yet significant ways, affecting rural communities, people without jobs, as well as the uninsured and insured alike.
Conway out at Blue Cross; mega-deal with West Coast Blue pending
RALEIGH — The chief executive officer of Blue Cross N.C. has resigned amid charges of drunken driving and misdemeanor child abuse.