As many as 300,000 people could lose coverage during Medicaid unwinding before expansion takes effect in North Carolina.

North Carolina is one of just 11 states that ... Roy Cooper holds up the Medicaid expansion bill after signing it into law during a ceremony at the Executive Mansion Monday, March 27, 2023.

North Carolina is among 12 states in the ... of other changes dealing with access to healthcare in the bill that go beyond Medicaid expansion including: provisions to address surprise medical ...

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Abigail Blythe Batton/ Staff Correspondent Amanda McGee, director of the Cherokee County Department of Social Services, is ...

Dr. Mandy Cohen, who worked in the Obama administration, led North Carolina’s pandemic response as NCDHHS Secretary.

North Carolina has become the 40th state to expand Medicaid. The proposed plan from Roy Cooper addresses mental health, specifically in youths ages 10-18, as suicide attempts have doubled, increasing ...

North Carolina Republican Senate leader Phil Berger, left, and Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper shake hands at a ceremony celebrating Medicaid ... expansion. Cooper isn't thrilled with a provision in ...

Medicaid-expansion discussions have accelerated in North Carolina as the governor and the ... Congress’s hotly debated $3.5 trillion reconciliation bill contains a provision that would end ...

By Dr. Joe Thompson My home state of Arkansas is unusual among Southern states in having adopted Medicaid expansion early ... to expand Medicaid. Like North Carolina now, Arkansas then had a ...

Roy Cooper signed the bill into law Monday in a ceremony ... Once the state budget becomes law, Medicaid expansion in North Carolina will start soon thereafter. Expansion will extend eligibility ...