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November 12, 2020

NCIOM Marks 10 Years of the Affordable Care Act with an Update on Implementation

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) was signed into law on March 23, 2010. The law contained provisions aimed at expanding health insurance coverage for Americans, controlling the…

November 9, 2020

The Affordable Care Act: Against the Odds, It’s Working

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), signed into law in March 2010, was designed to address major flaws in our health care system, including access to care, poor…

November 5, 2020

COVID-19 and the Opioid Crisis

In recent months, the opioid epidemic in North Carolina and across the United States has intensified in parallel with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Isolation and disruptions in access to essential…

November 2, 2020

NCIOM Annual Meeting 2020: Long-Term Impacts of Foregone Care During COVID-19

In the early weeks and months of the pandemic, there was a dramatic decline in the utilization of health care for emergent needs, elective procedures, and preventive care, such as…