NC lawmakers will fill Medicaid funding gap, but larger state budget issues remain unresolved The North Carolina legislature has agreed to shore up the state’s Medicaid program with a $319 million infusion, but disagreements between Republicans in the House and Senate on the rest of the state budget remain unresolved. Republican legislators and Democratic Gov. Josh Stein had been jousting for months over filling the state’s Medicaid funding gap.
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The North Carolina legislature has agreed to shore up the state’s Medicaid program with a $319 million infusion, but disagreements between Republicans in the House and Senate on the rest of the state budget remain unresolved. Republican legislators and Democratic Gov. Josh Stein had been jousting for months over filling the state’s Medicaid funding gap. […]
An Issues Watch piece addressing reader questions about health care affordability, Medicaid cuts, and workforce shortages. The article appears to be journalistic analysis of healthcare system challenges rather than reporting on an immediate crisis.
NC lawmakers give initial OK to Medicaid bailout bill amid concerns over provisions North Carolina House and Senate lawmakers voted nearly unanimously Wednesday to approve a measure that bails out the state’s Medicaid program, which was on the verge of running out of money after it was underfunded last year. But the bailout bill, House Bill 696, comes with a long list of policy changes and “anti-fraud” measures. […]
In Medicaid fraud crackdown, feds now looking to audit all 50 states Dr. Mehmet Oz, who heads federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, said Tuesday that the Trump administration will require every state within 30 days to turn in a plan to revalidate the health care providers that participate in their Medicaid programs.
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