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Haywood County residents rethink health care coverage after premium increase
1+ hour, 59+ min ago (134+ words) WLOS News 13 provides local news, weather forecasts, traffic updates, notices of events and items of interest in the community, sports and entertainment programming for Asheville, NC and nearby towns and communities in Western North Carolina and the Upstate of South…...
Budget allocates $9M state plus $16M federal for Medicaid non-medical services
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (368+ words) July 1 through July 5 are Weather Warn Days due to extreme heat. ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — The budget that lawmakers are passing includes funding for the Healthy Opportunities pilot, a state program that provides non-medical services like healthy food, housing and utilities to…...
Health insurance expert warns of steep costs if Affordable Care Act subsidies end in 2025
9+ mon, 1+ week ago (139+ words) WLOS News 13 provides local news, weather forecasts, traffic updates, notices of events and items of interest in the community, sports and entertainment programming for Asheville, NC and nearby towns and communities in Western North Carolina and the Upstate of South…...
Medicaid recipients feel the pinch as work requirements loom
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (435+ words) ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — Local residents and health care providers expressed concern about new federal Medicaid work requirements, saying the changes could pose barriers to some people’s access to health care coverage. Under the new policy, adults ages 19 to 64 will be required…...
Mission Hospital spends more than $10M on employee pay raises
3+ mon, 2+ day ago (163+ words) WLOS Mission Hospital spends more than $10M on employee pay raises ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — Mission Hospital is investing more than $10 million in pay increases for most of its full-time, part-time and PRN staff, Mission Health announced. According to a press release, the…...
Business leaders gather at summit to address North Carolina's childcare challenges
7+ mon, 5+ day ago (135+ words) WLOS News 13 provides local news, weather forecasts, traffic updates, notices of events and items of interest in the community, sports and entertainment programming for Asheville, NC and nearby towns and communities in Western North Carolina and the Upstate of South…...
Medicare Advantage under scrutiny for deceptive practices costing taxpayers billions
9+ mon, 13+ hour ago (294+ words) is facing criticism for allegedly engaging in deceptive practices that could be harming senior healthcare and wasting taxpayer dollars. Medicare Advantage under scrutiny for deceptive practices costing taxpayers billions by The National News Desk WASHINGTON (TNND) â Medicare Advantage, a…...
Over $6.5 billion in medical debt erased in North Carolina: Gov. Stein, NCDHHS
10+ mon, 1+ week ago (251+ words) (WLOS) — North Carolina's Medical Debt Relief Program has erased over $6.5 billion in medical debt in the past year, state officials say. The state program has relieved more than 2.5 million residents of their medical debt, according to an announcement from Gov....