NC Medicaid

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.

Election results in North Carolina did little to resolve the stalemate over Medicaid expansion that’s prevented the governor and state legislators from agreeing on a budget.

Bitter division over Medicaid expansion prevented Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper and Republican state legislators from agreeing on a budget. Now expansion is a top issue in the governor’s race.

Public school teachers would receive one-time $2,000 bonuses. Unemployed North Carolinians would see their maximum weekly benefits rise from $350 to $500.…