After years of planning, the state has launched a specialized plan to reduce strain on families and county agencies working ...

Other top stories in 2025 ranged from mental health and Medicaid to federal food aid cuts and State Health Plan changes.

When North Carolina lawmakers drafted a Medicaid expansion bill, they included a provision to end the program if federal cost-sharing terms changed to increase the state’s financial burden. This ...

On July 31, Gov. Roy Cooper announced that North Carolina Medicaid will now cover an over-the-counter contraceptive pill at no cost to Medicaid users. “In order to understand Opill getting covered, I ...

Decisions being made over healthcare could shape access and affordability for North Carolinians for years to come.

Two successful lawsuits restoring full Medicaid payments to health providers led Democratic Gov. Josh Stein to reverse rate cuts imposed this fall.

State enacted Medicaid cuts of 3–10%, may force providers to cut staff, pay. Medicaid Direct recipients such as some nursing homes will feel cuts earliest. Some organizations are delaying reductions ...

The federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) today awarded North Carolina $213 million through the Rural Health ...

Packages of the injectable weight-loss medication Wegovy are shown (Photo illustration by Scott Olson/Getty Images) As a physician assistant in Charlotte, I have witnessed firsthand the transformative ...

March 23, 2022; Washington, DC, USA; Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) speaks during the Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing for Supreme Court Associate Justice nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson on ...