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A paralyzed patient has stayed at Mission Hospital for nearly 4 years. He refuses to leave. The h...

A paralyzed patient has stayed at Mission Hospital for nearly 4 years. He refuses to leave. The h...

For nearly 18 years, Eric Penland Jr. has heard the monotonous sound of the ventilator that keeps him alive. …

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Medical examiners: Mission Hospital released more than 100 bodies before legally required review ...

Medical examiners: Mission Hospital released more than 100 bodies before legally required review ...

Since 2021, Mission Hospital has released at least 111 bodies to funeral homes before a legally required medi…

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She had appendicitis. It took 12 hours, trips to two hospitals, and a needless pregnancy test bef...

She had appendicitis. It took 12 hours, trips to two hospitals, and a needless pregnancy test bef...

The patient knew something wasn't right. That morning her father-in-law drove her to the emergency room at HC…

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Mission pharmacy program plagued by high turnover, staffing shortage * Asheville Watchdog

Mission pharmacy program plagued by high turnover, staffing shortage * Asheville Watchdog

A Mission Hospital pharmacy program that provides and tracks patients' medications to ensure their safety has…

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Clinics Sour on CMS After Agency Scraps 10-Year Primary Care Program Only Months In - KFF Health ...

Clinics Sour on CMS After Agency Scraps 10-Year Primary Care Program Only Months In - KFF Health ...

A planned 10-year federal program called Making Care Primary was supposed to help primary care doctors by eas…

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Trump demands Medicaid data for deportation. Some states go a step further

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By Andrew Jones 
| The Charlotte Observer
A protestor holds up a pair of handcuffs in front of a law enforcement officer as people gather during a demonstration and vigil outside the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, Texas, on Jan. 28, 2026. Five-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and his father, Adrian Conejo Arias, asylum seekers from Ecuador who were arrested on January 20 in Minneapolis by ICE agents, are being held at the center along with others detained by ICE.
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Trump demands Medicaid data for deportation. Some states go a step further

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By Andrew Jones 
| Bradenton Herald
Several states have joined President Donald Trump’s deportation efforts and are taking federal reporting requirements to immigration authorities a step further — by using their public health agencies as arms of enforcement. North Carolina, in late April, became the latest member of a growing group of Republican-led states to require their public health agencies to flag recipients of Medicaid to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security if their legal status is in question.
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Trump demands Medicaid data for deportation. Some states go a step further. Original

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By Andrew Jones 
| CBS News
Several states have joined President Trump's deportation efforts and are taking federal reporting requirements to immigration authorities a step further — by using their public health agencies as arms of enforcement. North Carolina, in late April, became the latest member of a growing group of Republican-led states to require their public health agencies to flag recipients of Medicaid to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security if their legal status is in question.
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