Jason deBruyn
Supervising Editor for Digital NewsJason deBruyn is 吉彩网网站's Supervising Editor for Digital News. In this role, he supervises digital news products and the news website.
Prior to this role, he was the 吉彩网网站 health reporter as well as the data reporter.
Prior to joining 吉彩网网站, Jason covered the business of health care and pharmaceuticals for Triangle Business Journal in Raleigh, an affiliate of the American City Business Journals network. His reporting roots trace to the Enquirer-Journal, a community newspaper in Monroe, North Carolina.
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Disagreements over organizational structure led ALS United North Carolina to join ALS nonprofits in 14 other states to form fully independent organizations. -
We check in on a group of long Covid patients and doctors from the Carolinas to see how we鈥檙e adapting to the second silent pandemic. -
Medicaid expansion goes live in North Carolina today, opening up the government-run health insurance program to hundreds of thousands of low income adults. -
Around 600,000 people in the state will now have access to low-cost health insurance. The change will particularly benefit people in poor, rural areas.
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North Carolina will spend $1.5 billion in opioid settlement funds. Its unique model could be a compelling test case for solving the opioid crisis nationwide.
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North Carolina legislators passed 鈥� and Gov. Roy Cooper signed 鈥� a Medicaid expansion law earlier this year. The move will bring health insurance to some 600,000 low-income North Carolinians beginning Dec. 1. For some patients and providers, expansion can鈥檛 come soon enough. -
A new inpatient psychiatric hospital for children and adolescents in Butner will soon begin accepting patients. It aims to provide better care and help alleviate backlogs in emergency departments around the state. -
WakeMed Health and Hospitals will provide hospital-level mental health and substance use disorder treatments at WakeBrook, the mental health hospital in Raleigh. -
UNC Health has notified health insurer UnitedHeathcare that it wants to renegotiate their contract. If both sides don't reach a deal by April 1, it could leave some 200,000 people with UnitedHealthcare insurance out of network for much 鈥� though not all 鈥� of the UNC Health system. -
Friday marks the one-year anniversary of a mass shooting in Raleigh's Hedingham neighborhood. The city will hold two ceremonies to commemorate the shooting, one to honor victims, and one to honor first responders.