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Staff at Asheboro’s only hospital say they’ve recently run short on supplies.
Shortages span from inconvenient, like paper, to alarming, like diagnostic testing materials.
The private equity-trained owner says he should be saluted.
“I should be a hero”
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from this morning’s newsletter…
Staff at Asheboro’s only hospital say they’ve recently run short on supplies.
Shortages span from inconvenient, like paper, to alarming, like diagnostic testing materials.
The private equity-trained owner says he should be saluted.
“I should be a hero”
tinyurl.com/mwa3a2mu
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@j__still's story reported the hell out of this. This is a drop-everything-and-read-this-now story:
Staff Cite Supply, Maintenance, and Paycheck Issues at Randolph Hospital theassemblync.com/news/healt…
Employees at Asheboro’s only hospital say its private equity-trained owner hasn’t delivered on promises—and conditions have only gotten worse.
@TheAssemblyNC
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Republicans took control of the General Assembly 15 years ago and have largely dictated the policy agenda ever since. Is North Carolina better off? A data-driven special report from @TheAssemblyNC. #ncpol theassemblync.com/special-re…
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2004's Hurricane Frances swept a mobile home near Clyde, NC, into the river, its owner evacuated minutes before
In 2024, Hurricane Helene swept the neighboring home away, resident was unable to escape
A policy gap puts mobile home residents in harm’s way
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A $109,751 transfer with the memo line “baptism” wired to a luxurious Beverly Hills hotel.
A lease payment to a BMW dealership for a Rolls-Royce.
Millions squirreled away to a family trust fund.
These are among the corporate payments an NC hospital executive allegedly made.
read our follow-up here:
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A troubling must-read by @j__still .
Community Leaders Ignored Red Flags and Gave a CEO Millions to Buy Their Hospital. Now He’s Ghosting Them theassemblync.com/news/healt…
North Carolina politicians went to bat for a health care executive after an outside group raised red flags, and gave him millions to save a rural hospital.
Now, he’s ghosting them.
@TheAssemblyNC
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Local politicians were so desperate to save Asheboro’s only hospital that they supported a for-profit buyer with a spotty track record. Now they say he hasn’t kept his promises. By @j__still for @TheAssemblyNC. #ncpol theassemblync.com/news/healt…
More than 32,500 people applied last year to the medical schools at UNC-Chapel Hill, Duke University, East Carolina University, and Wake Forest.
Only 637 were accepted.
By: @morganreportin
New schools in Charlotte and Fayetteville—and soon Wilmington—could help ease the state’s doctor shortage.
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Documents obtained by @TheAssemblyNC reveal WakeMed snubbed its rival’s offer to merge, despite UNC Health offering $3 billion more than Charlotte-based Atrium Health. Another scoop by @j__still. theassemblync.com/news/healt…
Documents reveal WakeMed snubbed its rival’s offer to merge, despite UNC Health offering $3 billion more than Charlotte-based Atrium Health.
@TheAssemblyNC
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UNC Health made an offer after learning Atrium had struck a merger deal with its Triangle neighbor.
@TheAssemblyNC
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Health care consolidations have fatigued the public as costs soar. The proposed partnership between WakeMed and Atrium Health has energized a bipartisan effort to block monster mergers. By @j__still for @TheAssemblyNC. #ncpol theassemblync.com/news/healt…
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Clashes between large medical providers and insurance companies are on the rise as systems consolidate. Patients are increasingly stuck in the middle. By @j__still for @TheAssemblyNC. #ncpol theassemblync.com/news/healt…
Patient distress serves as leverage in these standoffs, one health policy researcher said, until one party buckles to make a deal.
“If patients weren’t affected, it wouldn’t work.”
Clashes between large medical providers and insurance companies are on the rise, and patients are stuck in the middle.
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The demand for organ transplants has prompted an innovative procedure that reanimates a dead body.
A North Carolina surgeon worries that when it’s done incorrectly, donors might feel pain in their last moments.
For @TheAssemblyNC
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