Archive: Medicaid expansion in N.C.

• Temporary spending measure eases, but doesn’t end, stalemate over budget

  The state House overwhelmingly passed a bill temporarily ending a stalemate over the budget.  But even after House Bill 111 passed Wednesday, July 10, the General Assembly’s political game of chicken with Gov. Roy Cooper continues. At the center of the fight is Medicaid expansion.  The…

  by Julie Havlak, Lindsay Marchello
• State audit finds poor oversight of Medicaid managed care groups

  The state’s tax-supported managed care agencies for mental health are a mess. That’s the gist of an audit released Monday, May 6, by State Auditor Beth Wood. It rebuked the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services’ oversight of seven Local Management Entities/Managed Care Organizations. And…

  by Dan Way
• Democrats, Cooper push for Medicaid expansion this session

  No one knows for sure, really, when the current session of the N.C. legislature will end. But Lee Lilley, Gov. Roy Cooper’s director of legislative affairs, did offer this: “The session ends when we get Medicaid expansion.” Lilley took the question during the…

  by Lindsay Marchello
• Cooper and some GOP House members pushing Medicaid expansion

  Gov. Roy Cooper continues pushing for Medicaid expansion. State Rep. Donny Lambeth, R-Forsyth, said he and three co-sponsors plan to reintroduce Carolina Cares, proposed legislation to open Medicaid rolls to more people. Sen. Ralph Hise, R-Mitchell, said forget about it. It’s not going…

  by Dan Way