News and views from the heart of Vance County, N.C.
May 6-12 is Children’s Mental Health Awareness Week, and Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day is May 9th, 2012. PBH-Five County Community Operations Center supported these events by decorating downtown Henderson, NC Wednesday with green balloons all across Garnett Street. The event is to draw an increase in public awareness in children’s mental health. If you [...]
The Henderson Family YMCA and Safe Kids Henderson-Vance will host a Health and Safety Day on Saturday, April 28th, 2012 from 9:00am to 12:00pm at the Henderson Family YMCA at 380 Ruin Creek Road, Henderson, NC. This event is free and open to the public Come enjoy healthy snacks (while supplies last), moonwalk, inflatable slide, [...]
Tracy Muñoz realized our health care system needed to change the hard way: Her family had to take drastic financial measures to pay thousands of dollars for surgery that her private insurance wouldn’t cover. Before the Affordable Care Act, this Norfolk, VA mom worried that her five children would face the same pressures, especially one son who, as a part-time [...]
Original Article: http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2012/03/20/numbers-204?utm_source=032012&utm_medium=photo&utm_campaign=daily President Obama’s health reform law requires that new health insurance plans cover preventive services with no co-pay or deductible. In the last 18 months, approximately 20.4 million women with private health insurance have received preventive health services such as mammograms and pap smears at no additional cost because of this provision in the [...]
To mark the second anniversary of the Affordable Care Act, the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) is sharing personal stories of people who say the new law has made a huge difference in their lives. It isn’t just health care, it’s MyCare. Helen R. is a senior who likes to keep busy. From helping [...]
Vance-Granville Community College is currently registering students for a Health Unit Coordinator course. The program is scheduled to be offered on Monday and Wednesday afternoons from 1 until 4 p.m., April 23 through Aug. 20. Classes will meet in Building 5 on the college’s main campus in Vance County, with Tonia Starling as the instructor. [...]
Download Flyer Download Registration Packet The Inspiration “North Carolina’s Plan to Prevent Overweight, Obesity and Related Chronic Diseases is a call to action to make healthy eating and physical activity the norm rather than the exception. It provides a framework for the future, outlining the goals, objectives and strategies to create and sustain a North [...]
For North Carolina specifically: How Many People With Medicare Saved Money on Prescription Drugs and How Much Did They Save Thanks to Health Reform?108,198 people with a cumulative savings of $65,161,683 How Many People With Medicare Have Received Free Preventive Services Thanks to Health Reform?1,161,976 people How Many People’s Private Insurance Has Added Coverage of [...]
Each day, more and more Americans are taking advantage of the new free preventive services provided through the health care law. People of all ages can now get the preventive services they need, like mammograms and the new Annual Wellness Visit, free of charge. With more people taking advantage of these benefits, more lives can be [...]
On Friday, President Obama announced that his Administration will implement a policy that accommodates religious liberty while protecting the health of women. Under the new policy, women will still have access to free preventive care that includes contraceptive services – no matter where she works. And as previously announced, churches and houses of worship will [...]
Constitutional Amendment to provide that marriage between one man and one woman is the only domestic legal union that shall be valid or recognized in this State.
Total Voters: 17
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