Medicaid: Unraveling, Expanding, Delayed
Hundreds of thousands of Medicaid enrollees in North Carolina could lose their benefits as the program reverts to pre-pandemic rules for re-enrollment. This is compounded by Raleigh's approval of Medicaid expansion and failure to pass the budget that will launch it. This has left local governments searching for enrollees and staffing up for significantly greater caseloads, while understaffed and uncertain of when the change will kick in.
Navigating Changes to Medicaid: What North Carolinians Need to Know in 2023
What are the changes that recipients of Medicaid are looking at now in 2023? Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, every state regularly evaluated whether each of their Medicaid enrollees were still eligible for the program and dropped those no longer meeting their state’s eligibility criteria. This process, called redetermination, was suspended in March 2020 due […]
Democrat candidate Brian Caskey calls for expanded Medicaid
State Senate challenger Brian Caskey calls for expanded Medicaid in North Carolina, as he takes on Sen. Chuck Edwards.
Cooper signs Medicaid transformation bill, ending years of wrangling
Gov. Roy Cooper on Thursday signed a Medicaid transformation bill that ends years of wrangling with legislators over the issue.