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February 5, 2023

Medicaid

Article

Costs watched as Medicaid managed care begins in NC

July 2, 2021 Gary D. Robertson, Associated Press

RALEIGH — After six years of preparations and delays, most of North Carolina’s Medicaid recipients switched over to managed care Thursday with its developers hopeful the changes will mean improved health outcomes and controlled costs. […]

Article

Florida urges US to import less expensive Canadian drugs

June 1, 2021 Kelli Kennedy, Associated Press

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — After two years of lobbying to lower prescription drug costs for Floridians, Gov. Ron DeSantis said Friday he’s waiting for final approval from the Biden administration to import drugs from Canada, […]

Article

Open enrollment underway for NC’s new Medicaid system

April 8, 2021 North State Journal Staff

RALEIGH — A massive overhaul of North Carolina’s Medicaid system, passed in 2015, is finally going into effect, and open enrollment is currently underway. The sign-up process, which started March 15 and ends May 14, […]

Article

Audit of Medicaid reveals millions in overpayments, failure to properly verify providers

February 24, 2021 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — A state audit of the Medicaid provider enrollment process overseen by the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) revealed millions in overpayments, including ineligible and possibly dangerous providers. The N.C. Medicaid’s […]

Article

Biden opens sign-up window for uninsured in time of COVID-19

January 28, 2021 Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press

WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Joe Biden on Thursday ordered government health insurance markets to reopen for a special sign-up window, offering uninsured Americans a haven as the spread of COVID-19 remains dangerously high and vaccines […]

Article

NC Medicaid launches website for new managed care model

November 11, 2020 North State Journal Staff

RALEIGH — The N.C. Department of Health and Human Services has announced the launch of NC Medicaid’s managed care enrollment website, www.ncmedicaidplans.gov, in preparation for the launch of Medicaid Managed Care, scheduled for July 1, 2021. The […]

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Medicaid bill delays managed care until mid-2021

June 17, 2020 The Associated Press

RALEIGH — North Carolina’s Medicaid program wouldn’t shift most of its patients to managed care for another year under a funding measure given tentative approval on Tuesday by the state Senate. The July 1, 2021, […]

Opinion

HILL: Medicare is for old people; Medicaid is for poor people (but not all of them) 

February 5, 2020 Frank Hill

One of the biggest hurdles we face a nation in our political life together is the lack of basic factual information. It is next to impossible to solve political problems when every single issue is prismed through the […]

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News

US appeals court skeptical of Trump’s Medicaid work rules

October 16, 2019 Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar | The Associated Press

WASHINGTON, D.C. — A federal appeals court on Friday sharply questioned the Trump administration’s work requirements for Medicaid recipients, casting doubt on a key part of a government-wide effort to place conditions on low-income people […]

News

Cooper vetoes Medicaid transition bill, signs pay measures

September 4, 2019 Gary D. Robertson | The Associated Press

RALEIGH — Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper responded to Republicans passing piecemeal legislation to break their budget impasse by signing four employee pay bills on Friday. But he vetoed a funding measure needed to stand up […]

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