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NCMS UPDATE

May 5, 2015

Happy Cinco de Mayo!


NCMS Announces Settlement of Lawsuit with United Healthcare:
Read our press release on the settlement of this 11-year old lawsuit. Here’s a brief selection of media coverage of the settlement.
Triangle Business Journals
WFAE radio in Charlotte also ran a brief story quoting NCMS CEO Robert W. Seligson and the Raleigh News & Observer is working on a story for today.


Today is Cinco de Mayo AND World Asthma Day:
Read what the National Institutes of Health have to say about the estimated 300 million people worldwide who are living with asthma, right here. In North Carolina, 100 people died from asthma in 2013. Learn what the state is doing for Asthma Awareness Month, here.


One Columnist’s View Of The NCMS’ Stance On Proposed Gun Legislation:
Greensboro News Record


Headlines:
This Small, Wonky Obamacare Program Saved $384 Million Over 2 Years, Vox
Paying Medicaid Enrollees To Quit Smoking, Lose Weight; Will It Pay Off? MedPageToday