Medicaid expansion

NC Health Secretary Kody Kinsley talks with BPR's Helen Chickering during a visit to a Medicaid expansion training event in WNC with Gov. Roy Cooper.

Delayed passage of the state budget pushed Medicaid expansion by two months. Local social services departments are still working to prepare for the program’s launch.

North Carolina has received federal approval to start expanding Medicaid in December. According to the state health department, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services gave the final stamp on Thursday, October 12.

With federal funds coming to North Carolina from Medicaid expansion, state lawmakers focus on behavioral and rural health. The health spending in the bill is some of the least controversial content.

The latest Medicaid expansion bill is sprinting through the NC House, but uncertain territory awaits in the Senate. To learn more, BPR’s Helen Chickering caught up with North Carolina Health News founder and editor Rose Hoban.

A Medicaid Expansion bill could be on the floor this week in the North Carolina General Assembly. BPR talked with Senator Kevin Corbin (R) who helped write the bill.

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…