News

24 states support NC appeal to SCOTUS in transgender treatment case

Twenty-four states filed a brief this week supporting North Carolina and West Virginia in their appeals to the US Supreme Court. The states seek to a reverse a federal Appeals Court ruling forcing taxpayer-funded health plans to cover medical treatments sought mainly by transgender people.

CJ Staff
Opinion

No. 711: Privatized EMS in Critical Condition

Marc Pickard is clearly frustrated as he explains why a man who suffered a stroke recently did not receive faster medical attention. Pickard is the training director for Convalescent Transport, a private ambulance company in Lenoir County. He notes that even though his company sits across the street from the stroke victim’s house, county law prevented Convalescent Transport from responding. Instead, the man had to wait for a county ambulance. Later, he died.

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