Buncombe County Commissioners Approve Grant for Medicated Assistance Treatment Program, Buncombe County Commissioners
In this era of transparent and democratic government, the addition of critical-deadline items to public meeting agendas after members of the public have any chance to respond has become more of a feature than a bug. Bending the rules to accommodate 11th-hour requests rejects the adage that, "None of us is as smart as all of us."
Medicaid Expansion Outlook in Buncombe
Medicaid Expansion is expected to insure 15,429 Buncombe County citizens who are currently without insurance. It would also create 38 new jobs in the county's Department of Health and Human Services and expand that department's budget by $3.4 million.
Medical Misdiagnosis Devastates Local Family
Diagnosing medical issues is very complicated, but misdiagnosis is devastating for the patient and their family, especially when the misdiagnosis is perpetuated.
Why Villify Mission HCA?
The repeated slights to Mission HCA coming from the Buncombe County Commissioners and Asheville City Council have a back story. But they're not sharing it.
NC State Treasurer Held Hearing on Medical Debt De-Weaponization Act
According to the new report, "North Carolina’s seven largest hospital systems recorded $7.1 billion growth in cash and financial investments from 2019 to 2021 — reaped $5.2 billion in net profits in 2021, and all but one even enjoyed higher net profits than before the pandemic."
Surviving Modern HealthCare in America
How much time have you wasted trying to resolve denied insurance claims, jockeying for lower priced prescriptions, or just Googling unfamiliar terminology and acronyms that your health care provider assumes you understand? As a health care professional, Dr. David Wilcox says he was amazed by the lack of proactive, patient-friendly information available to the general […]