Published 2 years ago

5 things to know: Republicans file Medicaid expansion bill for N.C.

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North Carolina is one of 12 states that has not expanded Medicaid since the passage of the Affordable Care Act. Republicans note that the state would receive about $1.5 billion over two years for expanding Medicaid. Republicans also have included a variety of other changes dealing with access to healthcare in the bill that goes beyond Medicaid expansion.

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5 things to know: Republicans file Medicaid expansion bill for N.C.

There are questions on if the work requirement is legal.

2 years ago·United States

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News & Record

The fight for Medicaid expansion now has an unlikely ally: GOP's Phil Berger

RALEIGH — North Carolina government's most powerful Republican elected official threw his weight fully behind Medicaid expansion Wednesday, raising the stakes for an issue lingering in state politics for a decade that could result in hundreds of thousands of low-income…

2 years ago·Cherokee County, United States

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CBS 17

Medicaid expansion could mean healthcare changes for North Carolina

After referencing their years of opposition to the idea, leading Republicans in the state Senate made the case on Wednesday for why North Carolina should expand Medicaid coverage to more than half …

2 years ago·Raleigh, United States

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Carolina Journal

Senate Republicans back Medicaid expansion, with health care access reforms

On Wednesday the N.C. General Assembly’s Senate leadership announced a health care proposal that includes Medicaid expansion under the federal entitlement program, the Affordable Care Act. House Bill 149 contains work requirements for Medicaid expansion enrollees and measures the senators say would cut regulations on the health care industry that limit the number of providers and facilities. State Medicaid expansion could put more than 600,000 a…

2 years ago

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The North State Journal

Senate Republicans propose Medicaid expansion bill

RALEIGH — After a decade of concerns over cost, N.C. Senate Republicans have embraced Medicaid expansion. A bill introduced Wednesday which is moving its way through the legislature would accept federal funds to expand the program by hundreds of thousands of enrollees to the entitlement.North Carolina is one of a dozen states that have not expanded Medicaid as of this year.At a press conference led by Senate Leader Phil Berger (R-Eden) and state…

2 years ago

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healthcaredive.com

North Carolina Republicans draft Medicaid expansion bill

The proposal, which signals growing support for expansion among state lawmakers after years of opposition, would add 600,000 low-income adults to the safety net insurance program.

2 years ago

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