The state Senate is advancing a bill that aims to allow parents who are on Medicaid and temporarily lose custody of their children to stay on the government insurance plan so they can more easily get drug or mental health treatment.
Senate Bill 93 would require the state Department of Health and Human Services to ask the federal government for permission to keep these parents in the Medicaid program.
Sen. Danny Britt, a Lumberton Republican and one of the bill’s primary sponsors, said staying on Medicaid would make it easier for parents to obtain court-ordered substance abuse or mental health treatment while their children are in foster care. Losing Medicaid causes months-long delays while parents search for other ways to pay for treatment, he said.
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‘Systemic racism’: Does it even exist?
Troy Williams
Systemic racism has become the operative phrase in a lot of political circles these days. Systemic racism, also called “institutional” racism, was coined and first used by Stokely Carmichael in 1967.
Since high school, Carmichael was a fiery young civil rights activist and was one of the original Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) Freedom Riders. Most notably, Carmichael originated the Black nationalism rallying slogan, “Black Power.” He graduated from Howard University in 1964 with a degree in philosophy and was the youngest person imprisoned for his participation as a Freedom Rider.
Carmichael later became frustrated with the Civil Rights Movement, particularly Dr. Martin Luther King’s nonviolent philosophy. He changed his name to Kwame Ture, became active in the African liberation movement, and urged people worldwide to fight against white imperialism. I savor in the irony that America is presentl
NC health leader addresses questions on slow rollout of COVID-19 vaccine
N.C. DHHS secretary faces questions on slow vaccine rollout By WBTV Web Staff | January 12, 2021 at 2:45 PM EST - Updated January 12 at 11:02 PM
RALEIGH, N.C. (WBTV) - North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Mandy Cohen testified before a joint oversight committee of the North Carolina General Assembly on Tuesday regarding the slow rollout of the COVID-19.
The state is currently vaccinating those in Phase 1b, Group 1, which includes all residents age 75 and older.
Questions surfaced Monday about the effort by state and county health officials to distribute the vaccine and the state’s plan to speed up the process.