"It would be very detrimental to my health, because if I were to lose my benefits, I wouldn't be able to pay for my dialysis ...

North Carolina children insured through Medicaid will remain covered for another year as the state works its way through recertifications of everyone on the program. Health experts praise the move ...

NC community groups are pivotal in the state’s plan to spread the word about the upcoming Dec. 1 launch of Medicaid expansion. Will it be enough?

Starting Thursday, North Carolina Medicaid will cover weight loss medications like Wegovy and Ozempic. Known as GLP-1s (Glucagon-like Peptide agonists), they've become the world's best-selling ...

Rural North Carolina stands to benefit most from Medicaid expansion, and many rural lawmakers and health care leaders were the ones negotiating the final deal. Why one hospital executive calls it ...

Intense patient advocacy, shifting politics, a determined Democratic governor and a handful of maverick Republicans led the state to join 39 others that have expanded Medicaid.

When North Carolina lawmakers drafted a Medicaid expansion bill, they included a provision to end the program if federal cost-sharing terms changed to increase the state’s financial burden. This ...

There are 600,000 more people in North Carolina who became eligible for Medicaid under the state's expansion in December. About 57% of the total has signed up, according to state leaders. State ...

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper celebrated the state's official start of Medicaid expansion on Friday, marking the end of a "long and winding road" to the Obama-era policy's enactment.