Medicaid

North Carolina Senate Republicans are strongly considering legislation that would expand Medicaid coverage to hundreds of thousands of additional low-income adults.

North Carolina's $650 million Healthy Opportunities pilot launches Tuesday.

After years of pleading by advocates, lawmakers in North Carolina are giving serious consideration to adding about a half-million low-income workers and their families to the Medicaid program.

North Carolina's Healthy Opportunities Pilot will launch on March 15, allowing some patients to get assistance with food, shelter, transportation and protection from domestic violence.

Almost a year after the American Rescue Plan Act allocated up to $25 billion to home and community-based services run by Medicaid, many states have yet to access the funds due to delays and red tape.

Gov. Roy Cooper’s administration has made another pitch for Medicaid expansion in what could be the most promising environment for the idea so far in North Carolina. The GOP-controlled legislature has blocked the idea for years, but now Senate leader Phil Berger is open to it.

The end of appeals by two insurance providers fighting how North Carolina’s health department decided who would run its new Medicaid managed-care initiative means legal challenges over the awarding of the contracts are over.

North Carolina families covered by Medicaid will automatically become eligible for free or reduced-price school lunches in the 2022-2023 school year thanks to a new grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

North Carolina Senate Leader Phil Berger surprised a lot of people this week when he said he's willing to consider Medicaid expansion after years of opposing it. But the problem, he says, is House Republicans remain firmly opposed to the idea.

North Carolina is one of only 12 states that hasn’t expanded Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act. Gov. Roy Cooper has pushed for expansion, but the General Assembly has opposed it. Senate President Phil Berger said on Tuesday he was willing to reverse course, but said House Republicans remained firm in their opposition.