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Federal cuts to Medicaid expansion could cost the state billions; thankfully, policymakers have options to lessen the effect
Published: Wednesday, July 2nd, 2025 @ 5:34 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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NCDHHS Urges Families to Keep Information Up to Date
Published: Wednesday, August 7th, 2024 @ 8:12 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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Beaufort County Department of Social Services is making final preparations for the launch of North Carolina’s Medicaid Expansion on Friday, Dec. 1, 2023.
Published: Friday, February 23rd, 2024 @ 1:58 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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RALEIGH: Governor Roy Cooper and NC Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kody H. Kinsley announced today that DHHS will launch Medicaid Expansion on Dec. 1, 2023, giving more than 600,000 North Carolinians access to health care.
Published: Monday, November 6th, 2023 @ 6:02 am
By: Governor's Office
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Launch depends on General Assembly acting by Sept. 1
Published: Monday, July 31st, 2023 @ 5:44 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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"Today is a loss for conservatism," said Donald Bryson, president of the John Locke Foundation.
Published: Sunday, April 16th, 2023 @ 6:24 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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On Thursday, the North Carolina House gave final passage to H.B. 76, a bill to expand Medicaid, by a vote of 87-24. On Wednesday, the day prior, the vote was 95-21.
Published: Thursday, April 13th, 2023 @ 1:48 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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On Wednesday, the North Carolina House voted to approve concurrence of H.B. 76, a bill to expand Medicaid, by a vote of 94-22.
Published: Wednesday, April 12th, 2023 @ 11:57 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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On Tuesday, the Senate passed House Bill 76 (H.B. 76), legislation that will expand Medicaid by a vote of 43-2. The bill will be voted on one more time before heading to the state House for concurrence.
Published: Monday, April 3rd, 2023 @ 11:51 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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When the Affordable Care Act was passed it contained an option for states to extend Medicaid coverage to adults with an income up to 133 percent of the federal poverty level, beginning in January 2104.
Published: Monday, March 20th, 2023 @ 10:58 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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North Carolina’s decade of economic success deserves celebration. Even more so, however, it is worth applauding the important steps toward reform that state lawmakers have undertaken over the past decade.
Published: Thursday, January 26th, 2023 @ 9:05 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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MR. HASAN: Hi, everyone, this is Abdullah from the White House. Thanks for joining today’s background briefing on the student loans announcement.
Published: Wednesday, August 31st, 2022 @ 6:02 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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A three-part plan delivers on President Biden’s promise to cancel $10,000 of student debt for low- to middle-income borrowers
Published: Tuesday, August 30th, 2022 @ 10:20 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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On July 1, the U.S. Department of Education announced the new rules for the federal Charter Schools Program.
Published: Friday, July 15th, 2022 @ 11:32 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A discussion was held in the N.C. House Banking Committee Tuesday on the Medical Debt De-Weaponization Act, which is being touted as a law that would protect those who have a hard time paying medical debt.
Published: Wednesday, June 22nd, 2022 @ 6:12 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A North Carolina House bill aimed at protecting consumers from being financially destroyed by medical debt was filed Tuesday, May 24.
Published: Tuesday, May 31st, 2022 @ 7:19 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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On Wednesday the N.C. General Assembly’s Senate leadership announced a health care proposal that includes Medicaid expansion under the federal entitlement program, the Affordable Care Act.
Published: Tuesday, May 31st, 2022 @ 11:55 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Proposed Legislation is a Pro-Family, Anti-Poverty Consumer Protection Law
Published: Tuesday, May 24th, 2022 @ 4:15 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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During the Covid pandemic, government concocted many costly, “temporary” policies
Published: Wednesday, May 11th, 2022 @ 8:23 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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New Video Shows Impact of $6 million Distributed to Families
Published: Wednesday, March 16th, 2022 @ 12:21 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services today announced the Low-Income Household Water Assistance Program will expand to include all low-income households needing assistance in paying their water bill.
Published: Tuesday, January 4th, 2022 @ 1:52 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services today announced the State of North Carolina has been awarded more than $38 million in federal funding to establish a new water assistance program for households affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Published: Wednesday, December 1st, 2021 @ 12:16 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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North Carolinians who have home repair needs due to damage from Hurricane Florence in September 2018 may be eligible for financial assistance from the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Economic Opportunity.
Published: Friday, October 29th, 2021 @ 3:24 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The U.S. House Appropriations Committee voted to cut $40 million from the federal Charter Schools Program, in a major policy shift away from the bipartisan support that charter schools have enjoyed in recent years.
Published: Friday, August 6th, 2021 @ 3:02 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Applying for these programs online is easy and convenient, as well as safe and helps people socially distance.
Published: Friday, January 1st, 2021 @ 10:00 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Gov. Roy Cooper is still selling Medicaid expansion, but Republican lawmakers still aren’t buying.
Published: Wednesday, December 9th, 2020 @ 3:29 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Gov. Roy Cooper’s price tag for Medicaid expansion could be off by as much as $171.3 million, a report by the John Locke Foundation says.
Published: Wednesday, October 21st, 2020 @ 4:02 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Brandon has three little girls, no job, and no health insurance.
Published: Monday, August 3rd, 2020 @ 1:23 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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oday, the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) announced that the state’s Community Action Agencies (CAAs) have begun to receive flexible funds that can be used to help low-income individuals and families meet a variety of needs
Published: Tuesday, June 16th, 2020 @ 7:33 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The N.C. General Assembly is in session, but it’s unclear how long it may take lawmakers to deal with economic fallout caused by COVID-19.
Published: Sunday, May 3rd, 2020 @ 11:02 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Lawmakers will consider a $688 million spending bill and a series of policy reforms, after money and policy draft bills passed the House Committee on COVID-19 Health Care Working Group Thursday, April 23.
Published: Tuesday, April 28th, 2020 @ 6:48 am
By: Carolina Journal
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For roughly the past year, JLF’s Jordan Roberts has been working with RIP Medical Debt to erase nearly $3 million in medical debt for North Carolina and South Carolina families.
Published: Friday, March 6th, 2020 @ 8:39 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The possibility of a Republican version of Medicaid expansion has died in North Carolina.
Published: Wednesday, February 19th, 2020 @ 12:38 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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In 2007, the federal government granted Indiana and then-Gov. Mitch Daniels a waiver to administer Medicaid to an expanded population.
Published: Tuesday, September 17th, 2019 @ 9:41 am
By: Carolina Journal
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