Medicaid

The legislation moved $319 million to the state's Medicaid program and also provided critical funding for the state's prison system, DMV and State Bureau of Investigation.

The bill provided stopgap funding for the state's Medicaid program but also started to implement changes required under federal legislation passed last year.

With Medicaid funding due to run out, NC lawmakers act quickly in new session. But some are concerned by the extra provisions in bill.

A Medicaid funding bill moving quickly through the North Carolina General Assembly with broad bipartisan support includes a provision raising concerns among advocates for immigrants.

A bipartisan trio of state senators are sponsoring a bill to help more children and adults on Medicaid get oral health care.

Gov. Josh Stein has been calling for an additional $319 million to fund Medicaid for months. Now, legislative Republicans are set to provide it.

Poll by a new bipartisan group finds that one in six North Carolinians have skipped care they needed because of cost.

‘It’s too fast:’ State leaders are worried about how the new federal changes, including work eligibility, will affect North Carolinians.

UNC Health says last year, its providers began limiting medical services around gender transition to patients who are at least 19 years of age, in response to pending federal guidelines around this issue. This exceeds state law, which prohibits gender-affirming care for those under 18.

Gov. Josh Stein is at odds with legislative Republicans over what he says is a $319 million shortfall for Medicaid.