Hospitals said they lost money on Medicare patients. Some made millions, a state report has found | Kaiser Health News
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By Fred Clasen-Kelly Read more at: Kaiser Health News Using 2019 data from the IRS, researchers found that out of 275 hospital systems across the country, 227 spent less on community investments or charity care than they got in tax breaks. The deficit totaled more than $18 billion, the report…
Mecklenburg’s food stamp delays catch eye of legal advocates as immigrants still wait | The Charlotte Observer
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By DJ Simmons Read more at: Legal advocates hone in on Mecklenburg’s food stamp delay | Charlotte Observer Most Mecklenburg County households receiving food stamp benefits can expect an increase this month, but an ongoing delay with applications has spread to Charlotte’s immigrant community — and catching the attention of…
Protecting Dreamers: Response to Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Remand of DACA Litigation
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On October 5, 2022, a federal appeals court found the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals policy, known as DACA, in violation of U.S. immigration law. The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a lower court’s ruling that the program was illegal and remanded the case back to the lower court. …
Launch delayed for Medicaid tailored plans – NC Health News | NC Health News
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BY Clarissa Donnelly-DeRoven Read more: https://www.northcarolinahealthnews.org/2022/09/30/rollout-of-special-medicaid-plans-for-complicated-patients-will-be-delayed-until-april/ Back in August, Lucy Plyler was mailed a 19-page letter from the state health department. The letter said that the way Victoria, her 24-year-old daughter with multiple disabilities, received Medicaid was about to change. Instead of being in NC Medicaid Direct, Victoria would be…
Food and Nutrition Services Change: October 2022
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UPDATED: FEBRUARY 2023 Almost all Food and Nutrition Services (FNS) households, known as SNAP nationwide, will see an increase in their FNS benefits on October 1, 2022. These changes will be made automatically; households did not need to take any action. For more information, visit: SNAP Benefit Changes. Que puede esperar: Cambios en los beneficios de las…
Justice Lives Here Newsletter: September 2022
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One year after the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, Afghans in Charlotte are in legal limbo | Axios Charlotte
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By Danielle Chemtob Read more: Axios Charlotte Tahira Askari and her family arrived at the chaotic scene at the Kabul airport last August, with a crowd of people surrounding the walls, and Taliban surrounding them. The teenager heard gunshots and people calling out for help. She saw people being beaten and…
Afghan refugees find ‘different world’ in Charlotte — and a new set of challenges | Charlotte Observer
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BY DJ SIMMONS AND WILL WRIGHT Read more: https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/article264677989.html#storylink=cpy Americans watched the Afghan government fall from afar. But for Bahroz Mohmand, the moment marked the high-stakes culmination of a plan two years in the making to relocate his family. “Because of me my whole family — my brothers, my sisters,…
Afghans in U.S. await stability and immigration answers | WFAE
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By: Kayla Young Read more: Afghans in U.S. await stability and immigration answers | WFAE 90.7 – Charlotte’s NPR News Source A year after the fall of Kabul, Afghans who fled to the United States still face an uncertain future. Organizations such as the Charlotte Center for Legal Advocacy are…
Tahira, a 17-year-old Afghan evacuee and Advocacy Center client, shares her journey to the US and what it is like to live in legal limbo | Spectrum News
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When 17-year old Tahira Askari fled Taliban controlled Kabul last August, she did not know what life would be like for her in America. Tahira and her uncle, Bahroz Mohmand, a decorated Afghan interpreter who supported US military operations in Afghanistan for 10 years, joined Spectrum News on August 17,…
