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North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein, right, speaks while Dr. Benjamin Simmons with the North Carolina Academy of Family Physicians, far left, and state Health and Human Services Secretary Dr. Dev Sangvai listen to Stein discussing the restoration of Medicaid reimbursement rates to pre-October levels at an Executive Mansion news conference on Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025 in Raleigh, N.C.
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North Carolina Democratic Gov. Josh Stein is canceling Medicaid reimbursement rate reductions he initiated over two months ago, preserving in the short term access to care for vulnerable patients while a political fight with Republican legislators to enact additional funding gets resolved.

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