North Carolina enrollee joins lawsuit over Medicaid work-rule exemptions
BURLINGTON - A North Carolina Medicaid enrollee is challenging federal exemption rules ahead of the state’s planned January rollout of new work requirements.
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North Carolina asks CMS to revise Medicaid medical-frailty guidance
North Carolina is asking CMS to revise medical-frailty guidance that state officials say could affect Medicaid coverage for more than 64,000 residents.
Over 600,000 North Carolinians Enrolled in Medicaid Expansion
Governor Roy Cooper announced more than 600,000 people have enrolled in Medicaid Expansion in the first year of implementation, in half the time that was first projected.
John Hood: Why Medicaid Expansion Isn’t Over
Of course Congress and the White House are going to reduce federal funding for Medicaid expansion. Of course North Carolina and other states will be forced either to reduce Medicaid coverage or to shoulder billions of dollars in additional medical expenses. That was always the inevitable endgame for Medicaid expansion.
Legislators will vote on a state budget with Medicaid expansion and without casinos
The Republicans’ Frankenstein experiment that sutured promised Medicaid expansion in North Carolina to expanded legal gambling has failed.
Gov. Cooper Statement on Republican Plan to Tie Backroom Casino Bill to Medicaid Expansion
RALEIGH: Governor Roy Cooper issued the following statement on the Republican supermajority's plan to tie Medicaid Expansion to their controversial, backroom casino plan:
North Carolina Democrats Demand an End to Political Gamesmanship
On March 23rd, Republican leadership joined Democrats at the Governor’s mansion to celebrate the long overdue passage of Medicaid expansion—promising to (finally) deliver access to affordable healthcare to 600,000 North Carolinians upon the adoption of a state budget.
Cooper signs NC’s Medicaid expansion into law
Gov. Roy Cooper signed the Medicaid expansion bill Monday afternoon outside the Governor’s Mansion.
Senate passes Medicaid expansion. Here’s what happens next
This week, the Senate passed House Bill 76 (H.B. 76), legislation that will expand Medicaid by a vote of 43-2. The bill now heads to the state House for concurrence, and lawmakers there are expected to vote on it next week.
NCDHHS releases statement on Medicaid Expansion
North Carolina legislative leaders announced Thursday an agreement to expand Medicaid to hundreds of thousands of additional low-income adults through the Affordable Care Act.
Governor Cooper Statement on Medicaid Expansion
Governor Roy Cooper issued the following statement:
Most GOP voters oppose Medicaid expansion
A new statewide poll shows that a majority of Republican primary voters oppose expanding North Carolina's Medicaid entitlement program. Once the details of Medicaid expansion are offered to respondents their opposition climbs, pointing to a potential messaging hole for expansion opponents.