US EditionRepublicans Decline Gov. Stein’s Call for Extra Session to Fund Medicaid
Republican leaders rejected Gov. Stein’s call for a Medicaid funding session, with a $319 million shortfall prompting provider payment cuts and ongoing budget disputes.
- Senate leader Phil Berger and House Speaker Destin Hall wrote the proclamation "fails to follow the requirements of the Constitution" and directed clerks to make no preparations for the November 17 session.
- DHHS reduced provider payment rates as part of its response to a $319 million shortfall, with officials stating `We have made significant administrative cuts`.
- DHHS Secretary Dev Sangvai told WRAL News that `We have made significant administrative cuts` while most providers face 3% reimbursement cuts and some specialty providers face 12%.
- The state has begun cutting back payments to doctors, hospitals and health clinics in North Carolina, and if cuts continue, providers could decline new Medicaid patients or close as NCDHHS faces multiple lawsuits.
- Republican leaders argued the cuts were a political pressure tactic and say GOP majorities plan to try passing a budget or Medicaid fixes in spring of 2026, blaming each other for 2025 stalls.
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Josh Stein demanded NC Republicans fund Medicaid. You can’t make us, they said.
Without additional funding, some of North Carolina’s most vulnerable residents who rely on Medicaid could see their coverage be cut or be forced to delay essential care. Republican leaders in the North Carolina General Assembly refused Gov. Josh Stein’s recent order demanding they hold a special session to address the state’s urgent Medicaid shortfall. Stein, who under state law can order lawmakers to return to the legislature but can’t order th…
Parents win pause on NC Medicaid cuts they say threatened children’s progress
By Jaymie Baxley The parents of more than 20 children with autism notched a recent victory in a lawsuit that accused the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services of discrimination after it slashed Medicaid reimbursement rates for certain behavioral health providers. During a hearing in Wake County on Nov. 10, a Superior Court judge granted an injunction ordering NC DHHS to temporarily halt the cuts it imposed last month on providers of appli…
NC Republicans reject Stein’s order on ‘special session’ to fund Medicaid
Gov. Josh Stein, a Democrat, called lawmakers back to Raleigh for a special session to address the state's lack of Medicaid funding, after GOP leaders failed to pass a new budget. Republicans say they plan to disobey the order and wait until next year to address the funding shortfall.
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