Medicaid Expansion
The Republican-controlled General Assembly gave initial approval Thursday to a long-delayed North Carolina budget that speeds up individual income tax cuts, broadens private-school scholarships to all K-12 children and initiates other right-leaning changes.
Budget stalls lead to more Medicaid expansion delays
North Carolina’s budget has yet to be passed by the General Assembly, and the logjam is leaving Medicaid expansion in the lurch.
Medicaid expansion won't begin in North Carolina on Oct. 1 because there's still no final budget
With the state budget's passage now two months late, North Carolina Gov.
NC Governor Roy Cooper highlights the need for Medicaid Expansion in Yadkinville
Democratic North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper has wrapped up several days of visiting rural counties to highlight their health care and economic needs and how he says getting Medicaid expansion soon can help with these challenges.
North Carolina state budget won't become law until September, House leader says
A final North Carolina state budget won't be enacted until September, the House's top leader said Monday. That could scuttle efforts by Gov.
Medicaid expansion in North Carolina will begin Oct. 1, if lawmakers can enact a budget
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.
Guilford County finalizes $840M budget
The Guilford County Board of Commissioners has adopted an $840 million budget for the next fiscal year.
Details on $1 billion for N. Carolina mental health unveiled
A proposal on how North Carolina should spend $1 billion in one-time funds from the federal government to improve mental health care for children, adults and criminal offenders is taking shape with
Biden administration will reverse Medicaid changes that Trump had OK'd in some states
Federal officials now say states can no longer charge premiums to low-income residents enrolled in Medicaid and have ruled out work requirements.
12 Holdout States Haven't Expanded Medicaid, Leaving 2 Million People In Limbo
They don't qualify for Medicaid in their states, but earn too little to be eligible for subsidized ACA health plans. It's a gap in health care coverage, and some politicians are trying to fix it.