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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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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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Launch depends on General Assembly acting by Sept. 1
Published: Monday, July 31st, 2023 @ 5:44 pm
By: ENC NOW
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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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On Wednesday, North Carolina House leaders unveiled their proposed state budget. Governor Cooper will be under pressure to sign the final version because Medicaid expansion, a bill he signed last week, is tied to passing a budget.
Published: Tuesday, April 18th, 2023 @ 1:07 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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North Carolina to become 40th state to expand Medicaid, expected to provide health coverage to more than 600,000 North Carolinians.
Published: Tuesday, April 4th, 2023 @ 6:23 pm
By: Governor's Office
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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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On Wednesday, N.C. Rep. Ben Moss, R-Moore, announced he will change his vote on Medicaid expansion, vowing to vote “no” when it returns to the House of Representatives for further consideration.
Published: Thursday, March 30th, 2023 @ 11:55 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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RALEIGH: Today, Governor Roy Cooper issued the following statement following the House’s passage of HB 76:
Published: Thursday, March 30th, 2023 @ 1:35 pm
By: Governor's Office
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North Carolina House legislators yesterday introduced a bill to expand Medicaid in North Carolina.
Published: Tuesday, February 21st, 2023 @ 3:50 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The N.C. House passed a bill Tuesday evening 101-6 that would direct the state’s health agency to come up with a Medicaid Modernization Plan.
Published: Friday, July 8th, 2022 @ 8:19 am
By: Carolina Journal
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N.C. Senate passes Medicaid Expansion Bill 44-2 on Wednesday. H.B. 149 also includes the SAVE Act, which would address needs in rural areas and giving nurses more independence, and partial repeal of some Certificate of Need Laws
Published: Wednesday, June 8th, 2022 @ 1:45 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The U.S. Supreme Court in 2012 made it optional for states to expand Medicaid, and several immediately signed on. A few resisted, including North Carolina, and have yet to pass an expansion bill.
Published: Friday, September 13th, 2019 @ 5:07 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Countering arguments that Medicaid expansion would benefit North Carolina's economy, a new report from the national group State Budget Solutions estimates that expansion actually would lead to a $6.4 billion hit in future personal income growth.
Published: Tuesday, March 24th, 2015 @ 9:28 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Not too long ago, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation in tandem with the Urban Institute released a study assessing the economic consequences for a number of states that vetoed Obamacare's optional Medicaid expansion. According to that study, North Carolina is losing out on $40 billion of federal...
Published: Tuesday, October 7th, 2014 @ 6:47 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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In 2014, the Civitas Institute selected 10 Bad Bills of the Week. Last week, you had your chance to vote from these ten for the Bad Bill of the Year, and the winner is:
Published: Wednesday, September 3rd, 2014 @ 6:36 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Some of the House Democrats' most vocal advocates for Medicaid expansion in North Carolina have filed House Bill 1083, committing the state to add more of its poorest residents to the government health insurance program.
Published: Thursday, May 22nd, 2014 @ 9:40 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Have the Republicans lost their minds by rejecting Medicaid expansion? "Yes" is the answer, according to liberal Democrats and their allied editorial writers across the state.
Published: Tuesday, August 27th, 2013 @ 5:39 pm
By: Thom Goolsby
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On Wednesday, Gov. Pat McCrory signed legislation that declines Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act. Much of the press coverage once again repeated two key claims about the decision: that it leaves some 500,000 uninsured North Carolinians out in the cold, and that it rejects billions...
Published: Sunday, March 10th, 2013 @ 3:45 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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