Medicaid

Health & Safety

Texas Medicaid dropped more than 500,000 enrollees in one month

2:34pm August 03, 2023

by Selena Simmons-Duffin

Medicaid is shedding enrollees for the first time since the pandemic started. But rolls in some states are shrinking much faster than in others. Nearly 4 million people have lost coverage so far.

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North Carolina Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper signs a Medicaid expansion law

Medicaid expansion in North Carolina will begin Oct. 1, if lawmakers can enact a budget

2:04pm July 26, 2023

by Gary D. Robertson, Associated Press

Gov. Roy Cooper's administration is aiming to extend Medicaid coverage to hundreds of thousands of low-income adults starting Oct. 1, but that date depends on lawmakers completing the last step necessary to implement the expansion legislation he signed into law months ago.

The Justice Department announced charges against 78 people related to health care fraud schemes.

78 people face charges for $2.5 billion in attempted health care fraud, DOJ says

2:21pm June 28, 2023

by Jaclyn Diaz

At least $1.1 billion was actually paid out in these schemes targeting elderly patients, high-risk and low-income pregnant women and HIV patients.

Alicia Celaya, David Cardenas and their son Adrian, 3, in Phoenix in April. Celaya and her family will lose their Medicaid coverage later this year, a result of a year-long nationwide review of the Medicaid enrollees that will require states to remove people whose incomes are now too high for the program.

Health & Safety

In some states, hundreds of thousands dropped from Medicaid

3:00pm May 24, 2023

by Selena Simmons-Duffin

As states begin to require people to requalify for the free health insurance, many who are eligible are losing coverage because of administrative snafus.

The U.S. public health emergency declaration helped marshal resources during the worst of the COVID crisis, when the virus was spreading rampantly. This week, the declaring expires.

The COVID public health emergency ends this week. Here's what's changing

4:43pm May 08, 2023

by Selena Simmons-Duffin

Three years ago, the emergency declaration enabled certain tools for fighting the pandemic and protecting Americans. Now that it's expiring, here's what is changing — and what's not.

Health & Safety

North Carolina expands action plan to address food and nutrition needs

10:50am May 01, 2023

by Neal Charnoff

North Carolina officials have released a new action plan to address food insecurity and nutrition needs.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services building is shown in Washington, D.C. A proposed rule will expand government-funded health care access to DACA recipients.

Biden moves to expand DACA recipients' access to government-funded health insurance

3:56pm April 13, 2023

The Department of Health and Human Services will propose an amended definition of "lawful presence" to include recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, the White House said.

Governor Cooper signs Medicaid expansion

Health & Safety

What expanded Medicaid does and does not mean for North Carolinians

5:01pm March 31, 2023

by David Ford

This week, North Carolina became the fortieth state to expand Medicaid through the Affordable Care Act. House Bill 76 is projected to increase coverage to hundreds of thousands of people and pave the way for billions of dollars in federal government support.

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Politics & Government

N. Carolina governor signs Medicaid expansion bill into law

8:14am March 28, 2023

by Gary Robertson, Associated Press

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper on Monday signed a Medicaid expansion law that was a decade in the making and gives the Democrat a legacy-setting victory, although one significant hurdle remains before coverage can be implemented, thanks to a Republican-backed provision.

Samuel Camacho, a health insurance navigator with the Universal Health Care Action Network of Ohio, assists people in enrolling for or renewing Medicaid.

Health & Safety

Medicaid renewals are starting. Those who don't reenroll could get kicked off

12:29pm March 21, 2023

by Maria Godoy

With a pandemic-era rule expiring this month, people on Medicaid will have to re-qualify to keep their coverage. Language barriers, housing instability and computer literacy could stand in their way.