Reprinted from September, 2020 Newsletter of the North Carolina Association of Free and Charitable Clinics By Randy Jordan, CEO Recent reporting
We Need to Protect Our Young Workers
By: Hailey Gutzmer, Communications Coordinator, Care4Carolina Health insurance is expensive, especially for young professionals just starting out
Do the Bump for Medicaid
By Lee Storrow [A version of this column ran in the Winston-Salem Journal on August 14, 2020. It is republished with the author’s
Public Health Perspective: Closing the Gap is an Essential Prevention Tool
By: Hailey Gutzmer, Communications Coordinator, Care4Carolina Classes returned to session at UNC’s Gillings School of Global Public Health last
NC Voters Have the Power to Make Closing the Coverage Gap a Priority
By: Peg O'Connell I start this week’s blog with apologies to the people of Missouri and Rogers and Hammerstein but I gotta say it: Way to go MO and
Coverage Gap Worsens NC’s Rural/Urban Divide
By: Peg O'Connell I love the bumper sticker that says, “I was not born in North Carolina, but I got here as soon as I could.” That is my story. I
North Carolina’s Rural Health Systems in Crisis—Closing the Coverage Gap will Help
By: Peg O'Connell I love our partners at NC Child. They do the BEST child advocacy work and everything they produce is smart, salient and exactly
Coverage Gap Strains Health Systems and Heightens Health Disparities During COVID-19 Pandemic
By: Peg O'Connell On July 14th, Care4Carolina hosted a virtual briefing on COVID-19 and the coverage gap. The quick take away from the
Coverage gap patients with chronic disease at special risk from COVID-19
By: Peg O’Connell, Chair, Care4Carolina North Carolina exceeded 1000 hospitalizations for COVID-19 related illness this week and we have in
The Coverage Gap Continues to Harm North Carolinians During the Pandemic
By: Peg O'Connell, Chair, Care4Carolina Care4Carolina starts a new weekly blog today. As the chair of C4C, I will do my best to provide