Archive: Medicaid expansion in N.C.

• N.C. lawmakers should continue to reject Medicaid expansion 

  Medicaid expansion would inexplicably hurt the most vulnerable North Carolinians.

  by Donald Bryson
• Governor’s new health care group has tough time getting past Medicaid barrier

  Gov. Roy Cooper is still selling Medicaid expansion, but Republican lawmakers still aren’t buying.  The first meeting of the bipartisan N.C. Council for Health Care Coverage fractured into a partisan divide over expanding Medicaid. Cooper spent hours pushing for Medicaid expansion, but Republican lawmakers…

  by Julie Havlak
• Cooper’s plan to expand Medicaid relies on bad math, JLF report finds

  Gov. Roy Cooper’s price tag for Medicaid expansion could be off by as much as $171.3 million, a report by the John Locke Foundation says. Medicaid expansion has dominated Cooper’s fights with the Republican legislature. Cooper’s pitch comes in the form…

  by Julie Havlak
• COVID-19 shutdowns swell ranks of the uninsured, and Medicaid expansion offers no immediate relief

  Brandon has three little girls, no job, and no health insurance.  His company launched mass furloughs just weeks after North Carolina shut down its economy over the coronavirus pandemic. Brandon’s job didn’t last long, and his health insurance became a casualty.  Brandon is familiar…

  by Julie Havlak
• Medicaid expansion isn’t ‘free’ to the state

  Amid the pandemic, state lawmakers and liberal advocacy groups continue a push to expand Medicaid, as allowed by the Affordable Care Act. Since the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Medicaid expansion is optional, state lawmakers have decided against moving…

  by Jordan Roberts
• House health panel considers temporary Medicaid expansion to cover COVID-19

  Republican lawmakers are considering temporarily expanding Medicaid to cover uninsured residents’ coronavirus testing and treatment, House Speaker Tim Moore, R-Cleveland, said during a meeting of the House Committee on COVID-19 Health Care Working Group.  Medicaid expansion derailed last year’s budget, after Gov. Roy Cooper vetoed the…

  by Julie Havlak
• Roper says budget impasse is hurting N.C. public universities

  North Carolina’s budget stalemate is seriously affecting its public universities and may even cause enrollment cuts at three institutions participating in a reduced tuition program, say leaders of the University of North Carolina System.  UNC’s Board of Governors is worried about…

  by Kari Travis
• Court decision should produce budget deal

  Roy Cooper clearly thinks Medicaid expansion is such a popular idea that North Carolinians will punish Republican legislators for opposing it. Fine. He should take his case to the voters.

  by John Hood
• Removal of work requirements leave Republicans little room to reform Medicaid

  The possibility of a Republican version of Medicaid expansion has died in North Carolina.  Republicans in the House had flirted with a version of Medicaid expansion that would extend coverage only to low-income working adults. But now that a federal appeals court has struck down work…

  by Julie Havlak
• Medicaid expansion block grant still the wrong policy for North Carolina

  The Trump administration and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services last week unveiled a new model for how states could finance and design benefit plans for the Affordable Care Act — also known as Obamacare — Medicaid expansion population. The new federal guidance gives states that have expanded…

  by Jordan Roberts