Medicaid expansion

One Western North Carolina Republican wants North Carolina to expand Medicaid. State and local representatives – mostly Republicans - gathered at…

Tuesday, 11/19/2019 by Gary D. Robertson / Associated Press North Carolina’s Medicaid program won’t shift to managed-care benefits as scheduled early next…

Governor Roy Cooper vetoed the state budget last week because it didn’t include an expansion of Medicaid. BPR spoke with the CEO of one of the last…

Both chambers of the General Assembly are set to vote on a budget agreement crafted by Republican leaders. Governor Roy Cooper seems likely to veto it…

North Carolinians who want the legislature to expand Medicaid to cover hundreds of thousands of additional adults are gathering across the state this…

Last year over 25,000 people marched at the state capital in Raleigh to support public school teachers through theRed 4 Ed NC cause. This year they’ll do…

Governor Roy Cooper wraps up a six-county tour of Western North Carolina on Friday. BPR caught up with him at Erlanger Western Carolina Hospital in Murphy…

Two Buncombe County Democrats took the lead in laying out the Democratic agenda in one of 6 news conferences held across the state. BPR's Jeremy Loeb…

This story may sound familiar. The scene: Raleigh. The plot: A lawmaker introduces a plan to expand Medicaid, the federal insurance program for the poor...

Governor Roy Cooper's effort to expand North Carolina's Medicaid program is on hold for at least two weeks, following a federal judge's order over the...