North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) began sending out letters last week to up to 300,000 people who are enrolled in Medicaid’s limited Family Planning program and now qualify for full NC Medicaid benefits
Published: Wednesday, May 15th, 2024 @ 12:41 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Hospital systems struggle as uninsured illegal immigrants use them as their free health care destination
Published: Friday, March 15th, 2024 @ 8:41 am
By: Countrygirl1411
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Beaufort County Department of Social Services is making final preparations for the launch of North Carolina’s Medicaid Expansion on Friday, Dec. 1, 2023.
Published: Friday, February 23rd, 2024 @ 1:58 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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Today the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services began contacting up to 300,000 people who are enrolled in Medicaid’s limited Family Planning program
Published: Tuesday, November 28th, 2023 @ 12:55 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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The Biden White House announced Wednesday that it is extending the COVID public health emergency for another 90 days following increased cases of the latest subvariant.
Published: Tuesday, January 17th, 2023 @ 11:04 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Medicaid postpartum health care coverage will be extended from 60 days to 12 months for eligible people in North Carolina beginning April 1, 2022.
Published: Thursday, March 31st, 2022 @ 8:55 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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"This surplus came largely out of the pockets of North Carolina citizens and they deserve to see some of it returned to them."
Published: Sunday, June 27th, 2021 @ 9:11 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Today — during Black Maternal Health Week — the Biden-Harris Administration is announcing initial actions it has taken to address the maternal health crisis in the United States.
Published: Thursday, April 15th, 2021 @ 8:37 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services today announced the launch of NC Medicaid’s managed care enrollment website, www.ncmedicaidplans.gov, in preparation for the launch of Medicaid Managed Care scheduled for July 1, 2021.
Published: Wednesday, November 11th, 2020 @ 12:03 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Appeals to President Trump for Flexibility to Help North Carolinians in all 100 Counties
Published: Saturday, March 21st, 2020 @ 11:59 am
By: Governor's Office
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This year marks the 50th anniversary of North Carolina’s Medicaid program, which provides health coverage for low-income adults, children, pregnant women, seniors and people with disabilities throughout the state.
Published: Saturday, February 8th, 2020 @ 5:32 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Senate’s proposed biennial budget includes the largest pay raises for state employees in more than a decade, but doesn’t include a cost-of-living increase for state retirees.
Published: Friday, May 31st, 2019 @ 9:06 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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An audit released Monday, April 8, highlighted a series of errors and weaknesses in DHHS operations.
Published: Wednesday, April 24th, 2019 @ 11:08 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The promise of “Medicare for All” polls well. But if Democrats endorse the concept in large numbers, and make it or some other large-scale expansion of government health plans a centerpiece of the party’s brand going into the 2020 election cycle, Republicans will be among the prime beneficiaries
Published: Wednesday, January 23rd, 2019 @ 4:38 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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If it is modeled after a Medicaid expansion program, and is funded like a Medicaid expansion program, it is a Medicaid expansion program
Published: Friday, April 14th, 2017 @ 11:03 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory accomplished another major goal of his administration by signing into law major reform of North Carolina’s Medicaid system.
Published: Friday, September 25th, 2015 @ 6:39 am
By: McCrory Communications
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Gov. Pat McCrory called on lawmakers to honor a promise to increase starting teacher salaries to $35,000 and included salary boosts for state troopers and corrections officers Thursday as he unveiled his $21.5 billion General Fund budget for the 2015-16 fiscal year.
Published: Wednesday, March 11th, 2015 @ 9:18 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Before North Carolina considers Medicaid expansion, it should ensure its existing rolls are not bloated with ineligible recipients, and create a verification system to prevent adding even more unqualified beneficiaries, a national health policy analyst warns.
Published: Monday, February 16th, 2015 @ 6:39 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The 2015 legislative session has commenced, which means that the House and Senate will be hashing out their differences about how best to reform our state's Medicaid program. The Senate favors a privatization approach, where multiple managed care companies (MCOs) compete for state contracts to...
Published: Sunday, January 25th, 2015 @ 6:31 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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If he's not careful, Gov. Pat McCrory may be on course to have a "Pence problem" in 2015. In the days immediately following the mid-term elections, Gov. Pat McCrory insisted that - in spite of his party maintaining strong supermajority status in both houses of the General Assembly...
Published: Sunday, November 30th, 2014 @ 4:32 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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More than half of North Carolina voters and 70 percent of Republicans would be less likely to re-elect Gov. Pat McCrory if he supported the expansion of Medicaid under Obamacare, according to a poll released today by the Foundation for Government Accountability.
Published: Tuesday, November 18th, 2014 @ 7:08 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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About 1.8 million North Carolinians receive Medicaid benefits, with federal and state taxpayers contributing more than $14 billion a year to the program. Now North Carolina and other states are trying to figure out how to ensure quality care and outcomes, while reducing costs. Katherine Restrepo...
Published: Saturday, August 31st, 2013 @ 5:30 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Despite the fact that North Carolina has rejected expanding Medicaid to some citizens - fewer than 500,000 - the state has not rejected the federal health law's Medicaid expansion in its entirety. North Carolina has, in fact, expanded its broken entitlement program.
Published: Wednesday, August 14th, 2013 @ 6:27 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina could look northwest to Indiana and south to Florida for evidence of how a consumer-driven model would improve the state Medicaid program.
Published: Sunday, May 26th, 2013 @ 11:03 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Medicaid's ineffective utilization of its unpredictable budget is a parasitic disease to taxpayers and beneficiaries. The state now faces a budget overrun of more than $248 million.
Published: Sunday, May 26th, 2013 @ 7:26 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The catch phrase "privatizing Medicaid" currently thrown around in the media is misleading.
Published: Friday, April 19th, 2013 @ 7:45 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A requirement for voters to show ID at the polls, and special licensing for non-citizens would appear to be no-brainers for the state GOP after winning an overwhelming majority and mandate in 2012.
Published: Sunday, March 24th, 2013 @ 11:12 am
By: Brant Clifton
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