NC Medicaid funding bill came with unintended consequences and several perceived flaws. Some lawmakers talk fixes, but outlook unclear.

House Bill 696 fills a funding gap for Medicaid and adds rules that could make it harder for some North Carolinians to qualify for or keep coverage.

On Wednesday, cuts to provider payment rates in North Carolina's Medicaid program went into effect. You may be wondering how we got here and what these cuts mean. Here's what we know. The reductions, ...

It passed both chambers with bipartisan support.

The Medicaid provider payment cuts that took effect Wednesday are expected to have broad and far-reaching consequences, health experts and some state leaders have said. But those effects will not be ...

In the Border Belt, 66,000 Robeson County residents are enrolled in Medicaid, about 57% of the total population. It’s the eighth-highest total enrollment across North Carolina’s 100 counties. About 50 ...

State House legislative leaders have instructed the state Medicaid program to suspend its plans to cut reimbursement rates and services in October, despite a shortfall in Medicaid funding in the ...

RALEIGH, N.C. — A bill to keep funding North Carolina’s Medicaid program is now in the hands of the State Senate. The legislation passed its third reading in the House Wednesday. It would pull $190 ...