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Rachel Keith
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News Reporter, WHQR-FM (Wilmington, NC)
United States, Wilmington
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By Rachel Keith Verified| WHQR-FM (Wilmington, NC) Verified Sarah Ridout is the HOP Director with Community Care of the Lower Cape Fear. She said that providing these services, on average, saves Medicaid $85 a month per member because, as the UNC report showed, members are less likely to visit the emergency department. In 2024, for Cape Fear HOP, that meant a yearly savings of up to $1.4 million.
By Rachel Keith Verified| WHQR-FM (Wilmington, NC) Verified The idea is that if people’s basic needs are met, overall medical costs will be lowered—and from the preliminary data collected, it looks like it’s working. The state and federal governments fund HOP, which operates in 33 counties across North Carolina. The coverage area is divided into three regions, and the Lower Cape Fear is one of them. It includes Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Onslow, and Pender counties.
By Rachel Keith Verified| WHQR-FM (Wilmington, NC) Verified The Republican board members saw the censure as an appropriate response to Merrick not following proper protocols in his conversations with an educator and not following directives from the chair after he lost committee assignment for two months because of this interaction. Merrick saw this as him supporting an educator who wanted to quit over their treatment of having a Pride flag in their classroom, which goes against current board policy. More on this backstory is here.
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WHQR-FM (Wilmington, NC)