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Senate budget passes final vote, debate over ECU med school continues

The N.C. Senate passed its budget plan for the next two years Friday by a 30-16 vote. But cuts to Medicaid payments for Vidant Health Center in Greenville — the subject of an impassioned appeal Thursday by Democratic Sen. Don Davis of Greene County — remained in the final version of House Bill 966. And Eastern...

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Documents show UNC considering takeover of Vidant Health, other acquisitions

The struggle over Vidant Health, the regional hospital network affiliated with the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, escalated Thursday. In a radio interview, University of North Carolina Board of Governors Chairman Harry Smith said there are no plans “in any shape or form for UNC to take over Vidant Health.” But an...

Kari Travis

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