Medicaid

The state “minibudget” passed over the summer created a $319 million Medicaid shortfall. To make up the difference, North Carolina health leaders plan to reduce reimbursements by 3 percent in October.

Dozens of people marched through the downtown area carrying signs, tombstones and decorative umbrellas. The focus was on how Trump's signature bill could harm North Carolinians.

On July 4, hundreds of protesters gathered on Market Street in downtown Greensboro to protest Trump administration policies, from ICE funding to Medicaid cuts.

The cuts to federal social safety net programs like SNAP and Medicaid have been widely reported. What do they mean for North Carolina seniors on Medicare?

The pilot program is currently operating in three mostly rural areas in North Carolina. Two are in the eastern part of the state. The other is in mountain counties like Yancey and Avery.

North Carolina has surpassed a goal of 600,000 enrollees in just over a year since expanding access.

Organizers say the demand at the event shows the need for more access to dental care. There’s a bill in the General Assembly that would help. If approved, the legislation by Randolph GOP Representative Brian Biggs and three other Republicans would provide $52 million in state funding to increase Medicaid rates for dental services.

More than 600,000 people have enrolled in North Carolina's new Medicaid coverage for low-income adults about a year after the program's expansion, reaching the state's enrollment goal for the program in about half the time that was originally projected, the governor's office announced on Monday.

Enrollment in North Carolina’s new Medicaid coverage for low-income adults has nearly reached the state's goal of 600,000 in half of the time initially projected, Gov. Roy Cooper said on Wednesday while celebrating the one-year anniversary of expansion in the state.

Federal Medicaid regulators have signed off on a proposal by North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper 's administration to offer scores of hospitals in the state a…