health care access
September 1, 2021 -
The same North Carolina law firm that successfully took on Smithfield Foods' hog farm pollution is now representing a group of plaintiffs in a class-action lawsuit against Tennessee-based hospital company HCA, owner of Asheville's Mission Health System. The suit — which claims the company has monopolized the regional health care market in a way that's hurting patients and caregivers — comes amid heightened scrutiny of health care monopolies.
October 28, 2020 -
Alabama has one of the most restrictive Medicaid programs in the country, available only to people with incomes 18% or less of the federal poverty level. We spoke with Jim Carnes, the policy director of the nonprofit coalition Alabama Arise, about how this year's elections could impact the coalition's fight for Medicaid expansion.
May 14, 2020 -
Hospitals in many rural Southern counties with COVID-19 outbreaks were financially vulnerable even before the crisis. What happens next?
January 1, 2001 -
In Chatham County, Georgia, inmates’ families protest privatized health care
August 1, 1990 -
This article originally appeared in Southern Exposure Vol. 18 No. 2, "Birth Rights." Find more from that issue here. …
August 1, 1990 -
This article originally appeared in Southern Exposure Vol. 18 No. 2, "Birth Rights." Find more from that issue here. …
August 1, 1978 -
This article originally appeared in Southern Exposure Vol. 6 No.
