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Berger sold out to Obamacare and Cooper
Published: Tuesday, January 27th, 2026 @ 2:03 pm
By: John Steed
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Policymakers must prepare for Medicaid expansion’s unraveling
Published: Sunday, July 27th, 2025 @ 2:20 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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wants to hellp welfare recipients and willing to gut taxpayers to do it
Published: Thursday, July 3rd, 2025 @ 12:32 pm
By: John Steed
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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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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services will host a live Spanish-language Cafecito and tele-town hall on Tuesday, Aug. 6, from 6 to 7 p.m., to discuss who is newly eligible for Medicaid under expansion
Published: Monday, August 5th, 2024 @ 9:14 am
By: ENC NOW
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RALEIGH: Today, Governor Cooper joined Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure to highlight the positive impacts of Medicaid expansion in North Carolina and record Affordable Care Act enrollment numbers.
Published: Friday, March 22nd, 2024 @ 9:58 am
By: Governor's Office
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As of Feb. 1, 2024, 346,408 newly eligible North Carolinians are enrolled in Medicaid and now have access to comprehensive health care, according to the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services’ Medicaid Expansion Enrollment Dashboard.
Published: Wednesday, February 28th, 2024 @ 11:22 am
By: ENC NOW
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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: ENC NOW
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services will host a live fireside chat and tele-town hall Tuesday, Feb. 6, from 6 to 7 p.m., to discuss Medicaid expansion updates and resources, who is newly eligible and how to apply for health coverage.
Published: Wednesday, February 21st, 2024 @ 5:27 pm
By: ENC NOW
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Governor Cooper and NCDHHS Secretary Kody Kinsley Joined Doctors, Advocates and New Beneficiaries at Enrollment Fair in Charlotte
Published: Wednesday, February 21st, 2024 @ 12:18 am
By: Governor's Office
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Governor Cooper and NCDHHS Secretary Kody Kinsley Joined Doctors, Advocates and New Beneficiaries at Enrollment Fair in Charlotte
Published: Thursday, February 15th, 2024 @ 11:43 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Since the state expanded who is eligible for Medicaid on Dec. 1, 2023, 314,101 North Carolinians have enrolled in the program and now have access to comprehensive health care, according to the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services’ Medicaid Expansion Enrollment Dashboard.
Published: Sunday, February 4th, 2024 @ 2:47 am
By: ENC NOW
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services will host a live fireside chat and tele-town hall Wednesday, Jan. 10, from 6 to 7 p.m., to discuss Medicaid expansion, including impacts on rural communities, who is newly eligible and ways to apply for health care coverage.
Published: Wednesday, January 31st, 2024 @ 10:01 pm
By: ENC NOW
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Gov Roy Cooper and NCDHHS Secretary Kody Kinsley announced Monday that Medicaid expansion will begin on Dec. 1.
Published: Monday, January 15th, 2024 @ 9:32 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services launched a dashboard to track monthly enrollment in Medicaid for people eligible through expansion.
Published: Friday, January 12th, 2024 @ 1:51 am
By: ENC NOW
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services will host a live Cafecito and tele-town hall on Thursday, Jan. 11, from 6 to 7 p.m., to discuss Medicaid expansion, who is newly eligible, ways to apply and which qualified immigration statuses are eligible for health care coverage
Published: Tuesday, January 9th, 2024 @ 11:19 am
By: ENC NOW
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services today announced eligible hospitals in the state will begin receiving payments through the Healthcare Access and Stabilization Program (HASP).
Published: Thursday, December 28th, 2023 @ 9:31 pm
By: ENC NOW
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A group of prominent North Carolina business leaders, and some big Republican donors, sent a letter Tuesday morning to all House Republicans urging them to abandon plans to muddy the budget process with legalized casinos
Published: Tuesday, December 26th, 2023 @ 10:19 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Finally. The Republican conference budget proposal was finally released earlier today. I’m sure readers are aware of the infighting among Republican lawmakers regarding casino legislation and Medicaid expansion.
Published: Wednesday, December 20th, 2023 @ 12:28 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Today the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services began contacting up to 300,000 people who are enrolled in Medicaid’s limited Family Planning program
Published: Tuesday, November 28th, 2023 @ 12:55 am
By: ENC NOW
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services today announced recent updates to the NC State Health Improvement Plan, which includes priorities for addressing the full set of factors that impact a person’s health
Published: Friday, November 17th, 2023 @ 5:57 pm
By: ENC NOW
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RALEIGH — The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services received final federal approval from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services so North Carolina can launch Medicaid Expansion on Dec. 1, 2023.
Published: Friday, November 10th, 2023 @ 2:02 pm
By: ENC NOW
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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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New toolkit can be used by community leaders to help people learn if they are eligible
Published: Wednesday, November 1st, 2023 @ 9:44 am
By: ENC NOW
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Medicaid expansion is likely to increase the cost of healthcare for all North Carolinians, including those on the State Health Plan (SHP), according to state Treasurer Dale Folwell.
Published: Wednesday, November 1st, 2023 @ 7:08 am
By: Carolina Journal
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RALEIGH: Today, Governor Roy Cooper issued the following statement on the passage of the state budget and Medicaid Expansion:
Published: Saturday, October 28th, 2023 @ 10:07 am
By: Governor's Office
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The budget our legislature has passed is the cherry on top of the upside-down power grab cake our lawmakers have been baking since January.
Published: Wednesday, October 25th, 2023 @ 12:11 am
By: Tom Campbell
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RALEIGH: Today, Governor Roy Cooper issued the following statement on the Republican supermajority's plan to tie Medicaid Expansion to their controversial, backroom casino plan:
Published: Tuesday, October 24th, 2023 @ 10:09 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Donna King, Carolina Journal editor-in-chief, discusses challenges linked to North Carolina’s upcoming Medicaid expansion.
Published: Saturday, October 7th, 2023 @ 12:18 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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“It could ultimately have an impact on not only its operating budgets from a year-to-year basis but also have an impact on our gigantic unfunded healthcare liability,” Folwell said.
Published: Thursday, October 5th, 2023 @ 8:26 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Since June 1, at least 18,000 people have lost health care coverage who likely would have been able to keep it under Medicaid Expansion
Published: Saturday, September 30th, 2023 @ 11:23 am
By: Governor's Office
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An estimated 9,000 people will lose health care each month until Medicaid Expansion starts
Published: Thursday, September 28th, 2023 @ 9:45 am
By: Governor's Office
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Recent closure of Martin General Hospital Has Significantly Impacted Delivery of Care in Martin County
Published: Wednesday, September 27th, 2023 @ 10:08 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Series of roundtables will take place in rural areas where hospital closures have impacted delivery of health care
Published: Tuesday, September 26th, 2023 @ 11:38 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Republican legislators take paid vacation with no one to blame for budget impasse but themselves; Enactment of Medicaid Expansion and teacher raises hang in balance
Published: Thursday, September 14th, 2023 @ 5:15 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Medicaid expansion will no longer launch Oct. 1 as the North Carolina General Assembly failed to take needed action to meet that date.
Published: Thursday, September 14th, 2023 @ 7:43 am
By: ENC NOW
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A new report in Health Affairs details how North Carolina's Medicaid expansion may expose patients to higher hospital bills
Published: Tuesday, August 29th, 2023 @ 1:17 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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RALEIGH: Today, Governor Roy Cooper released the following statement on the importance of separating Medicaid Expansion from the state budget:
Published: Friday, August 11th, 2023 @ 1:02 pm
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: ENC NOW
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this is a Phil Berger / Jim Perry / Tim Moore boondoggle
Published: Friday, July 7th, 2023 @ 4:14 pm
By: John Steed
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On Monday, North Carolina Senate leaders unveiled their proposed state budget. Governor Cooper will be under pressure to sign the final version because Medicaid expansion, a bill he signed earlier this year, is tied to passing a budget.
Published: Wednesday, June 14th, 2023 @ 2:43 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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