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    Tag:  health care

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    Letter: Edney will support Medicaid expansion

    Posted on October 25, 2020October 25, 2020 by Letters

    “Sam will support Gov. Cooper’s efforts to expand Medicaid.”

    1.8 K views+LettersOpinion

    Letter: Union can help improve health care, fight inequality

    Posted on October 13, 2020October 13, 2020 by Letters

    “As we demonstrate for transformation of police departments, the removal of statues and other symbols of racism, remember that unequal health care delivery to BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) is real, with lifelong and generational effects.”

    1.3 K views+LettersOpinion

    Letter: Encourage nurses’ union to improve hospital system

    Posted on September 14, 2020September 14, 2020 by Letters

    “What kind of community hospital do you want?”

    2.0 K views+LettersOpinion

    Letter: A new prescripti­on: health care for all!

    Posted on September 6, 2020September 6, 2020 by Letters

    “No one foresaw the COVID-19 pandemic, a condition that has now made Medicare for All a much more urgent issue.”

    2.9 K views5LettersOpinion

    Letter: It’s high time to expand Medicaid in NC

    Posted on July 18, 2020July 17, 2020 by Letters

    “We should all be calling Sen. Berger and Rep. Moore to demand a vote this summer on Medicaid expansion for North Carolina.”

    2.3 K views1LettersOpinion

    Letter: In times of crisis, fight for a better life

    Posted on July 17, 2020July 17, 2020 by Letters

    “With all of these things that have happened, how can the ‘important’ people keep ignoring these problems while the majority are considered disposable?”

    2.0 K views+LettersOpinion

    Letter: Tillis has abysmal record on health care

    Posted on June 22, 2020June 21, 2020 by Letters

    “The senator’s actions speak louder than his words. His votes against health care are also votes against mental health.”

    2.2 K views2LettersOpinion

    Letter: Rebuilding our primary care and public health infrastruc­ture

    Posted on May 12, 2020May 12, 2020 by Letters

    “As a family physician in solo-independent practice, I have unfortunately seen the effects of this crisis on the health of my patients and the health of my practice.”

    2.5 K views+LettersOpinion

    Letter: Help get Sams on ballot for District 11

    Posted on January 30, 2020January 30, 2020 by Letters

    “Her programs prioritize wise strategies for medical pain intervention, a much-needed strategy for curbing if not ending opioid and other rampant addictions.”

    1.5 K views1LettersOpinion

    Letter: Health care is at a tipping point

    Posted on November 25, 2019November 25, 2019 by Letters

    “My story hardly registers on the health care scale of misery. Others have experienced far worse, losing their life savings for not being ‘in network.'”

    2.9 K views1LettersOpinion

    Letter: Thank you, veterans, for your service

    Posted on November 11, 2019November 11, 2019 by Letters

    “To all veterans, I want to say thank you on behalf of our entire organization for your service to our country and for all that you and your loved ones have done to guarantee our freedom and way of life.”

    2.0 K views+LettersOpinion

    Letter: Seize hotel moratorium to make city sustainabl­e

    Posted on October 21, 2019October 21, 2019 by Letters

    “Wouldn’t it be nice if our city saw its master plan as an integral one with environmental stewardship at the center, human sustainability, human mobility and infrastructure coming after? “

    1.9 K views1LettersOpinion

    Letter: Agreed: VA Center does wonderful job

    Posted on September 20, 2019September 18, 2019 by Letters

    “A big thank-you, VA!”

    1.9 K views2LettersOpinion

    Letter: Charles George VA Medical Center earns its reputation

    Posted on August 27, 2019August 26, 2019 by Letters

    “Asheville is very lucky to have such a highly rated and respected VA, and we all owe them a tip of our various military service hats for their service to us veterans.”

    2.7 K views+LettersOpinion

    Letter: Sharing progressiv­e views at town halls

    Posted on August 24, 2019August 24, 2019 by Letters

    “Given that Asheville is a blue wavelet in a red congressional sea (N.C. Districts Nos. 10 and 11), I’m surprised Rep. Patrick McHenry still holds town hall meetings in Asheville.”

    2.6 K views5LettersOpinion

    Healing help for beloved poet Glenis Redmond

    Posted on August 2, 2019August 4, 2019 by Alli Marshall

    Redmond recently announced that she’s been diagnosed with a life-threatening illnesss: Stage 3 Multiple Myeloma, a cancer of plasma.

    3.4 K views2LivingWellness

    Letter: Greed, corruption and the decline of Asheville

    Posted on July 6, 2019July 6, 2019 by Letters

    “Low wages, corporate landlords, lack of rent control, high prices, brutal traffic, the fake homeless, street crime and white collar crime have all combined to make Asheville an increasingly undesirable place in which to call home.”

    10.3 K views19LettersOpinion

    Letter: Success! Medical debt destroyed

    Posted on May 27, 2019May 27, 2019 by Letters

    “Within the next few weeks, people all over Western North Carolina will receive yellow envelopes with letters telling them that their debts are paid off and that credit bureaus have been contacted to be sure that those debts are taken off their records.”

    2.5 K views3LettersOpinion

    As state reimagines Medicaid, local nonprofits may have role to play

    Posted on May 21, 2019May 20, 2019 by Xpress Contributor

    “Clearly, we already have both the expertise and the commitment to improve lives in our region. What we need is more funding and better coordination among our health care system, county public health and social service agencies, and nonprofit community partners.”

    3.8 K views+CommentaryOpinion

    Letter: Haiti medical trip puts Asheville in new light

    Posted on May 17, 2019May 17, 2019 by Letters

    “For me, my experiences in Haiti have given me a true appreciation for the access we have to health care, clean water and sustainable nutrition, which are the fundamental goals of Consider Haiti.”

    3.0 K views+LettersOpinion

    Letter: Asheville forums address health care reform

    Posted on April 7, 2019April 7, 2019 by Letters

    “On Wednesday, April 10, Wendell Potter, former vice president of communications for health insurance giant Cigna, will speak on Transforming Healthcare in America at two public forums in Asheville.”

    5.1 K views1LettersOpinion
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