Medicaid Expansion

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.

Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper said in a Friday news conference that his office's goal was to hit 600,000 in two years but enrollment has exceeded expectations.

More than three-fourths of those eligible for Medicaid expansion have now gained coverage in less than a year since the change, according to the state.

Following North Carolina's expansion of Medicaid, many in the state's Spanish-speaking community found accessing reliable and culturally sensitive information about Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act difficult. The new health hotline, NC Salud, is designed to help.

Three-fourths of those eligible for Medicaid expansion have now gained coverage, according to the state.

More than 300,000 people have enrolled in Medicaid since December with the program already being used for healthcare for many, according to the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services.

North Carolina is barely a month into the start of Medicaid expansion in the state and over 310,000 low-income adults have now enrolled in the government health care coverage, Gov. Roy Cooper said Wednesday while hosting the nation's chief Medicaid regulator.

The number of North Carolina residents enrolled in Medicaid under the state’s new coverage for low-income adults is nearing 300,000 in the first weeks of the program, the state Department of Health and Human Services says.

There could be some relief coming to rural areas in North Carolina that continue to deal with the opioid crisis.