NC Medicaid

Proposed legislation in the N.C. General Assembly would set up the process to implement work requirements for Medicaid beneficiaries if the federal government gives the OK.

It could be months before we know how Medicaid could be affected as Congress attempts to trim $2 trillion from federal government spending. State lawmakers have started planning for a possible decrease in funds.

It’s been one year since North Carolina expanded eligibility for Medicaid. Almost 600,000 low-income adults have signed up, nearly achieving the state’s goal for new enrollees in half the expected time.

Medicaid expansion has already provided more than 450,000 low-income North Carolinians with health insurance. Could it also help them find better-paying jobs?

An estimated 80% of people reentering the community from prison are newly eligible for Medicaid. The North Carolina prison system has launched a department-wide effort to help people ages 19 to 64 who are within 90 days of their release date to apply for Medicaid coverage.

Tens of thousands of beneficiaries with extensive care needs are expected to be moved to tailored plans on July 1.

After years of political back-and-forth, North Carolina has finally become the 40th state to expand Medicaid. North Carolina's deputy secretary of Medicaid, Jay Ludlam, says interest in the expanded program is running high.

A report by NC Health News found nearly 68,400 people in North Carolina have lost Medicaid since the state resumed terminations in June — and 87% were the result of lots of unreturned paperwork. Researcher Tricia Brooks of Georgetown University joined us to talk more about this.

Gov. Roy Cooper’s efforts to convince Republican legislators to expand Medicaid for North Carolina’s 1.2 million uninsured continued Friday but, judging by initial comments, legislators remain unimpressed.

North Carolina's 2.36 million Medicaid recipients are in for a big change next July, when the state's Medicaid system will be transformed into a managed care program run by private health companies. Right now only behavioral and mental health care is managed by companies like Cardinal Innovations Healthcare. Controversy over Cardinal Innovations could raise questions about whether North Carolina will be ready to embark on transformation.