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A jury convicted Charlotte man Donald Booker, 57, of federal charges in connection with a scheme that fraudulently took more than $11 million from the North Carolina Medicaid program.
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After a decade of vigorous opposition, most North Carolina Republicans have now embraced the idea of expanding the state's Medicaid program to cover hundreds of thousands of additional low-income adults.
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North Carolina Senate Republicans are strongly considering legislation that would expand Medicaid coverage to hundreds of thousands of additional low-income adults.
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North Carolina's $650 million Healthy Opportunities pilot launches Tuesday.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.