All Qualifying North Carolina Hospitals Are Joining Debt-Reduction Effort, Governor Says Posted by Associated Press | Aug 14, 2024 | Health, State Government All qualifying North Carolina hospitals have agreed to participate in the first-of-its-kind initiative aiming to reduce medical debt. Read More
US Regulators OK North Carolina Medicaid Carrot to Hospitals To Eliminate Patient Debt Posted by Associated Press | Aug 2, 2024 | Business, Health, State Government Federal regulators signed off on a proposal to offer scores of North Carolina hospitals incentives to eliminate patients’ medical debt. Read More
Cooper, Medicaid Leader Push Insurance Enrollment as North Carolina Medicaid Expansion Also Grows Posted by Associated Press | Jan 11, 2024 | Health, State Government Written by GARY D. ROBERTSON North Carolina is barely a month into the start of Medicaid expansion... Read More
North Carolina Medicaid Expansion Still Set for Dec. 1 Start as Federal Regulators Give Final OK Posted by Associated Press | Oct 16, 2023 | Health, State Government Written by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Federal regulators have given their final approval for North... Read More
Republicans Ditch Efforts to Expand Legal Gambling in North Carolina, Will Pass Budget This Week Posted by Associated Press | Sep 20, 2023 | Business, Health, State Government Written by GARY D. ROBERTSON North Carolina Republican legislative leaders ditched late... Read More
Medicaid Expansion Won’t Begin in North Carolina on Oct. 1 Because There’s Still No Final Budget Posted by Associated Press | Aug 30, 2023 | Health, State Government Written by GARY D. ROBERTSON With the state budget’s passage now two months late, North... Read More
North Carolina’s Governor Visits Rural Areas To Promote Medicaid Expansion Delayed by Budget Wait Posted by Associated Press | Aug 19, 2023 | Health, State Government Written by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS With a Medicaid expansion kickoff likely delayed further in... Read More
As NC Waits for Medicaid Expansion, Federal Provision Could Leave Some in Coverage Gap Posted by Brighton McConnell | May 4, 2023 | Health, State Government North Carolina lawmakers came to an agreement to expand the state’s Medicaid services. But a recent change may leave some in a healthcare gap. Read More
N. Carolina Legislators Reach Medicaid Expansion Deal Posted by Associated Press | Mar 2, 2023 | Health, State Government Written by GARY D. ROBERTSON North Carolina legislative leaders announced Thursday an agreement to... Read More
North Carolina Could Expand Medicaid For as Many as 600,000 Posted by Associated Press | Feb 17, 2023 | Health, State Government Written by GARY D. ROBERTSON With North Carolina’s two legislative chambers at odds over... Read More