Eligible for those medications are those ages 12 and older enrolled in either NC Medicaid Direct or NC Medicaid Managed Care, according to the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services.

Jay Ludlam, deputy secretary for NC Medicaid at the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, spoke with The News & Observer on Tuesday about the potential impacts. Republicans in ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A text circulating across North Carolina claims Medicaid coverage has stopped. Several WCNC Charlotte viewers have received the text and aren't sure if it's a scam or a ...

And there is some evidence of voter impatience with arguments against accepting federal funds while federal taxes paid by North Carolina ... qualify for Medicaid in its current form, she said.

“Despite widespread support for NC Medicaid, Congress is proposing massive cuts that will hurt North Carolina,” said Jay Ludlam, the deputy secretary for NC Medicaid. Ludlam spoke Monday to a ...

through which state Medicaid departments receive federal funding. The NC Department of Health and Human Services’ $40 billion budget for the year is 79% funded by the federal government.

He finally achieved that goal six years later when North Carolina expanded Medicaid. The decade-in-the ... in those other states to help them to form these coalitions of people that we know ...

Roy Cooper announced that North Carolina Medicaid ... counter and bill Medicaid for it,” she said. However, she said more needs to be done to eventually offer other forms of birth control ...

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 ...

North Carolina Medicaid recipients can begin receiving over-the-counter birth control pills at no cost this week through hundreds of participating pharmacies. The oral conceptive Opill will be ...