A federal judge will allow a lawsuit to proceed against a North Carolina state agency over mental health services provided to jail inmates.
A lawsuit targeting mental health services available to inmates in North Carolina’s county jails could move forward as a class-action complaint.
On Monday, Gov. Josh Stein said the General Assembly returned to session with the wrong priorities, including not passing a full budget, redrawing the state’s congressional map, and not increasing public safety and mental health funding.
Beyond our respect, these brave men and women deserve our full support: fair wages and benefits, efficient processes and technology, effective mental health solutions, and a judicial system willing and able to incarcerate pretrial violent criminals that are a flight risk and repeat offenders.
A federal magistrate judge recommends denying an injunction in a lawsuit blaming state government for delays in providing mental health services to county jail inmates. The judge issued an opinion Thursday that would allow portions of the lawsuit to move forward.
Patients deserve better access to both life-saving and life-preserving health-care treatments. Which means physicians, hospitals, and other health care facilities should be able to invest in their communities to address unmet patient demand for critical services such as kidney dialysis units, cost-effective surgery, neonatal intensive care units, nursing homes, and much, much, more. Unfortunately, providers in North Carolina and...
The current law stands in the way of plans to boost mental health services.
Now is not the time to whack the state’s mental-health budget. Better budget-savings opportunities beckon.
Let’s play a game. Call it Pin the Tail on the Wonky. I’ll describe a health-care system. You decide whether it is likely to be applauded by the Left or Right.
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