Medicaid

Health & Safety

Spreading the word about Medicaid expansion means all hands on deck

4:54pm October 10, 2023

Beginning December 1, 2023, hundreds of thousands of North Carolinians will become eligible for health care coverage through Medicaid. The services provided include primary and maternity care as well as hospital stays, prescription drug benefits, and more. Many efforts are underway at the state and local level to connect newly eligible individuals to these resources.

Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., and other members of the right-wing House Freedom Caucus could force a federal government shutdown Oct. 1. The National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and prevention would be affected.

What happens to health programs if the federal government shuts down?

10:26pm September 27, 2023

by Julie Rovner

Medicare and Medicaid are mandatory spending programs and that keeps them relatively safe in the early days of the shutdown, but 42% of the Department of Health's staff will be furloughed.

A photo of Governor Roy Cooper as he announces that Medicaid expansion will begin December 1, 2023.

Politics & Government

North Carolina to launch Medicaid expansion on Dec. 1

3:26pm September 25, 2023

by Gary Robertson, Associated Press

Medicaid expansion will launch Dec. 1 in North Carolina, Gov. Roy Cooper announced on Monday after achieving what might be his biggest policy win after nearly seven years in office.

About 12 million Americans qualify for both Medicare and Medicaid, and they face relentless red tape accessing health care. A bipartisan fix that could help them is in the works.

Health & Safety

She has Medicare and Medicaid. So why should it take 18 months to get a wheelchair?

5:00am September 21, 2023

About 12 million Americans are known as "dual eligibles" because they need both Medicare and Medicaid. A bipartisan bill offers hope to cut through the tangle of red tape that often ensnares them.

NC Gov. Roy Cooper at a roundtable event in Yadkinville

Politics & Government

Budget stalls lead to more Medicaid expansion delays

3:05pm August 29, 2023

by David Ford

North Carolina’s budget has yet to be passed by the General Assembly, and the logjam is leaving Medicaid expansion in the lurch.

Jason Weida is the secretary for Florida's Agency for Health Care Administration, which has been named in a lawsuit.

Health & Safety

Two families sue Florida for being kicked off Medicaid in 'unwinding' process

7:01pm August 22, 2023

by Selena Simmons-Duffin

Two children and their parents are suing the state of Florida, alleging that their Medicaid coverage was terminated without proper notice or a chance to contest the state agency's decision.

As many as 24 million people across the U.S. are expected to lose Medicaid coverage over the next year, according to estimates by the health policy research organization KFF.

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.