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2025 North Carolina Snapshot
The Healthcare Affordability Snapshot provides legislators, consumer advocates, regulators and other stakeholders a tool to compare their state’s health policies across other states. The categories examined in this resource explore a variety of policy options that have previously appeared in the Scorecard, as well as additional policies that impact health care affordability. Policies were selected […]
Read MoreNC awarded $213 Million for then Rural Health Transformation Program
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) awarded the state of NC with $213 million in federal aid to Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP), reports the NCDHHS. The funds will be allocated to enhance health access for more than three million rural residents in North Carolina during 2026, as well as to support eligibility for […]
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A survey of more than 1,400 North Carolina adults, conducted from October 18 to October 23, 2023,found that: Altarum’s Consumer Healthcare Experience State Survey (CHESS) is designed to elicit respondents’ unbiased views on a wide range of health system issues, including confidence using the health system, financial burden and views on fixes that might be […]
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The Health Care Value Hub’s 2026 Health Care Affordability State Policy Snapshot provides legislators, consumer advocates, regulators and other stakeholders with a tool to compare their state’s health policies across other states. The Snapshot explores policies impacting health care affordability across four domains: Policies were selected based on whether they have the potential to impact […]
Read MoreNorth Carolina Snapshot 2024
The 2024 Healthcare Affordability Snapshot provides legislators, consumer advocates, regulators and other stakeholders a tool to compare their state’s health policies across other states. The categories examined in this resource explore a variety of policy options that have previously appeared in the Scorecard, as well as additional policies that impact health care affordability. Policies were […]
Read MoreNorth Carolina Survey Respondents Worried about High Drug Costs; Support a Range of Government Solutions
According to a survey of more than 1,400 North Carolina adults, conducted from October 18 to October 23, 2023, respondents are concerned about prescription drug costs and express a strong desire for policymakers to enact solutions. More than half (58%) of survey respondents reported being somewhat or very worried about affording the cost of prescription […]
Read MoreNorth Carolina Survey Respondents Bear Health Care Affordability Burdens Unequally; Distrust of/Disrespect by Health Care Providers Leads Some to Delay/Go Without Needed Care
North Carolina Survey Respondents Bear Health Care Affordability Burdens Unequally; Distrust of/Disrespect by Health Care Providers Leads Some to Delay/Go Without Needed Care Key Findings A survey of more than 1,400 North Carolina adults, conducted from October 18 to October 23, 2023,found that: Differences in Affordability Burdens & Concerns Race The intersection of racial disparities […]
Read MoreNorth Carolina Survey Respondents Struggle to Afford High Health Care Costs; Worry about Affording Health Care in the Future; Support Government Action Across Party Lines
Key Findings A survey of more than 1,400 North Carolina adults, conducted from October 18 to October 23, 2023,found that: A Range of Health Care Affordability Burdens Like many Americans, North Carolina adults experience hardship due to high health care costs. Overall, over two-thirds (68%) of respondents experienced one or more of the following health […]
Read MoreNorth Carolina Residents Struggle to Afford High Healthcare Costs; COVID Fears Add to Support for a Range of Government Solutions Across Party Lines
Nationally, consumer worry about healthcare affordability is well documented in the U.S., but now—for the first time—a new survey reveals how affordability concerns and ideas for action play out in North Carolina. Key Findings A survey of more than 950 North Carolina adults, conducted from April 29, 2021 to May 25, 2021, found that: Survey […]
Read MoreNorth Carolina Residents Worried about High Drug Costs; Support a Range of Government Solutions
According to a survey of more than 950 North Carolina adults, conducted from April 29, 2021 to May 25, 2021, residents are concerned about prescription drug costs and express a strong desire to enact solutions. Over half of all survey respondents (54%) report being somewhat or very worried about affording the cost of prescription drugs. Worry […]
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