The North Carolina General Assembly advanced several health care-related bills this week, addressing Medicaid work requirements, hospital regulatory relief, and broader health-care reforms amid ongoin ...

Potential federal spending cuts that could affect social services like Medicaid and food assistance are raising concerns in rural southeastern North Carolina.

The proposal comes amid negotiations over how to cut hundreds of billions of dollars in spending to fund the GOP tax package.

Medicaid cuts loom over House Republicans' budget reconciliation. Rep. Jeff Hurd, R-Colo. says the "right reforms," like work ...

By Tevin Stinson The Chronicle In 2023, North Carolina became the 40th state to expand Medicaid, extending coverage to ...

The state Senate has approved a controversial Medicaid work requirement bill that could affect nearly 200,000 North Carolina ...

As my colleague Emine Yücel reported yesterday, President Trump’s plan for a rescissions package — which many presidents have successfully used since the 1970s to send unspent funding back to Congress ...

Medicaid costs of caring for those with Alzheimer’s in North Carolina is estimated by the Alzheimer’s Association to cost $1.8 billion. Per capita Medicare spending across the state is roughly $28,500 ...

Of the 32 US states that forcibly sterilized people in the 20th century under the influence of eugenics, only three have ...

More than 118,000 residents in Bladen, Columbus, Robeson and Scotland counties—about half the population—receive Medicaid ...

The North Carolina Senate’s proposed budget for the next two fiscal years is packed with policy around new health care initiatives, including repealing North Carolina’s hospital capacity regulation ...

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