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Affordable Care Act

McCrory opposes state run health exchange

Submitted by WWAY on Tue, 02/12/2013 - 11:59am.READ MORE:
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North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory says he does not think the state is ready to run health exchanges called for in the Affordable Care Act. Full story...
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New nutrition labels could come at high price for stores

Submitted by Christina Anthony on Thu, 02/07/2013 - 5:37pm.READ MORE:
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videoThe Food and Drug Administration is proposing a rule requiring stores to label prepared, unpackaged foods with nutritional information, and if they don't follow the rules, they could face jail time. But the software to test these foods could be pricy. Even so, some businesses are on board. Full story...
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NC Medicaid's management criticized in new audit

Submitted by WWAY on Thu, 01/31/2013 - 3:00pm.READ MORE:
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North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory says he is withholding judgment on whether the state should expand Medicaid under the federal Affordable Care Act until his administration can fix serious mismanagement within the program. Full story...
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NC to build state-federal online insurance market

Submitted by WWAY on Thu, 11/15/2012 - 3:22pm.READ MORE:
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North Carolina's version of a new one-stop shop to help people buy affordable health insurance will be run partly by the state and partly by the federal government. Full story...
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NC isn't set on Medicaid changes in US health law

Submitted by WWAY on Tue, 08/14/2012 - 1:42pm.READ MORE:
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While other Southern states already have drawn the line on the federal health care overhaul, North Carolina doesn't seem quite settled on whether to commit to insuring hundreds of thousands more people starting in 2014. Full story...
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