Medicaid

Politics & Government

Potential Medicaid cuts could thwart effort to expand access to dental services in North Carolina

5:00am March 31, 2025

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.

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Mehmet Oz Testifies In Senate Nomination Hearing To Be Administrator Of The Centers For Medicare And Medicaid Services

Dr. Mehmet Oz, Trump's pick to lead Medicare and Medicaid, gets his Senate hearing

5:00am March 14, 2025

Dr. Mehmet Oz appeared before the Senate Finance committee Friday for his confirmation hearing to be the administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

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House Republicans Gather For Weekly Caucus Meeting

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After GOP passes budget resolution, Congress to-do list only gets tougher from here

4:05pm February 25, 2025

Now that a GOP approved a framework, the party needs to fill in the blanks for a sweeping multitrillion plan to address defense, energy, immigration and tax policy.

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Jodey Arrington, Brendan Boyle, Ralph Norman

Republican proposals to cut Medicaid could be politically fraught

10:00am February 20, 2025

Republicans are proposing deep cuts to Medicaid to finance tax cuts and other priorities. Pushback is coming not only from Democrats, but also from hospitals that rely on revenue from the program.

President-elect Trump Meets Republican Senators On Capitol Hill

Why many Republicans think shrinking Medicaid will make it better

7:00am February 10, 2025

Republicans' proposals to change the public health insurance program for low-income and disabled Americans could amount to more than $2 trillion of cuts over the next decade.

Biden's Medicaid director shares lessons learned and concerns for the program's future

12:04pm January 17, 2025

Dan Tsai discusses how he ran Medicaid under Biden, and his fears for how Republicans might try to change the program.

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper speaks at a campaign event

North Carolina's Medicaid expansion hits enrollment goal about a year ahead of projections

7:07am December 17, 2024

by Associated Press

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.

After 1 year, Medicaid expansion in North Carolina nears its enrollment goal

4:07pm December 04, 2024

by Associated Press

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.

President-elect Donald Trump Meets With Biden, Congressional Leaders In Washington

Here's how Trump and the GOP may try to weaken Obamacare

6:00am November 21, 2024

Republican control of the White House and Congress sets the stage for potentially seismic changes including curtailing Medicaid, weakening patient protections, and increasing premium costs for millions.

Black Americans still suffer worse health. Here's why there's so little progress

11:57am October 24, 2024

The United States has made almost no progress in closing racial health disparities despite promises, research shows. The government, some critics argue, is often the underlying culprit.