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Rate of Uninsured Mecklenburg Women on the Rise in Mecklenburg County, by Kirk Hawkins, Fox Charlotte
CBS Show, 'A Gifted Man', features NC MedAssist Client Story
MedAssist 'Faces Crisis' After Cutback, by Karen Garlock, a health writer for the Charlotte Observer
UNC-TV interviewed NC MedAssist at their Sanford Enrollment Event, November 3rd. To watch the video, follow this link. (Note: the MedAssist piece is 7 minutes in)
Non-profit Offers Pharmacy Program, by Alexa Milan, Staff Writer for the Sanford Herald
NC MedAssist Expands to Serve Entire State, by Todd Cohen, Philanthropy Journal.
NC MedAssist Helps Pay For Drugs, by Mary Cornatzor, Staff Writer for the News & Observer.
Program Helps Needy Get Their Medications, by P. Christine Smith, Staff Writer for the Sun Journal on ENCToday.com.
MedAssist Seeks to Raise $1M for Shift to Independent Status, by Jennifer Thomas, Staff Writer for Charlotte Business Journal
Pfizer Joins NC MedAssist to Expand Free Medicines Program for Low-Income, Uninsured North Carolinians.
A report by AcademyHealth and the Center for Health Care Strateiges states that charity care is still essential
post-reform. Click to read more.
NC MedAssist Becomes Central Fill Pharmacy, Attorney General Roy Cooper press conference, March 2009.
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Health Care Overhaul Could Face Supreme Scrutiny Next Week
By: Kirk Hawkins
Helen McDaniel spends spends roughly 150-dollars on medications each month and she's uninsured. The West Charlotte resident said, "My mother always told me when you get down to the last seven pills, if you don't have the money, call somebody."
N.C. Med Assist says McDaniel could be one of roughly 84-thousand people in Mecklenburg County who would receive health insurance if President Obama's Health Care overhaul survives Supreme court scrutiny. "Not knowing what is going to happen, we just have to wait and see,"said Kelly Musante, N.C. Med Assist's Development Director.
**To watch video, please click here.**
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NC MedAssist featured on News14 |
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United Way of Central Carolinas approves funding recommendations
CHARLOTTE -- United Way of Central Carolinas has approved funding recommendations for the next fiscal year on Thursday. The group honed in on 3 key areas: children, health and housing.
While overall funding remained flat, about $16.5 million, some agencies will see an increase.
Workers at NC MedAssist already had hundreds of prescriptions to fill by the time they hit the office Thursday morning. The non-profit provides free medicine to the uninsured, approximately 10,000 people in Mecklenburg County alone.
“Our clients are picking up on average $500 a month in free medication,” said Kelly Musante from NC MedAssist.
**To view the video on News14, click here to follow the link.**
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Excellence in Health Care: Providing medicines to those who might go without |
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Premium content from Charlotte Business Journal by Bea Quirk , Contributing writer
Date: Friday, September 30, 2011, 6:00am EDT - Last Modified: Thursday, September 29, 2011, 4:18pm EDT
Since 1997, N.C. MedAssist has been serving low-income residents of Mecklenburg County with free pharmacy services. Then, 18 months ago, thanks to a grant from the N.C. attorney general, it expanded its services to cover 85 of the state’s 100 counties. About 55% of those receiving medications live in Mecklenburg.
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