As Lee Newspapers’ Public Service Journalism team reported on Sunday, one in five North Carolina residents face medical debt that is in collections. That ranks this state fourth in the
North Carolina enacted a law early in the coronavirus pandemic that gave medical providers near-absolute immunity from civil liability. Now, the nation's largest for-profit health care system could use that law to quash a medical malpractice claim that has nothing to do with COVID. Some legislators say they want to revisit the law.
(The Center Square) Georgia teachers are expected to spend $96 million of their own money on classroom supplies, more than their counterparts in several surrounding states.
(The Center Square) — Georgia teachers are expected to spend $96 million of their own money on classroom supplies, more than their counterparts in several surrounding states.