State government retirees are urging the North Carolina Supreme Court to allow their 14-year-old lawsuit against the State Health Plan to move forward to trial.
A federal lawsuit challenging the North Carolina State Health Plan’s exclusion of coverage for treatments typically sought by transgender patients is now on hold.
A lawsuit from North Carolina state government retirees could cost the State Health Plan more than $3 billion if plaintiffs are successful, the plan's lawyers warned Tuesday.
NCs finances are heading in the right direction in the new year, according to State Treasurer Brad Briner.
A 13-year legal battle over state government retiree health benefits could be headed back to North Carolina’s highest court.
A $1.3 billion deficit was projected in 2027, but changes implemented by the SHP board and the General Assembly were able to reverse this trend and bring the plan about $30 million above its reserve rate.
After facing a substantial deficit for 2026 and 2027, the North Carolina State Health Plan (SHP) now has a surplus, thanks to an increase in premiums, funding from the General Assembly, and other cost-cutting measures.
The "keeper of the public purse" believes state restrictions drive up health care costs and reduce access.
All parties seek to pause a federal lawsuit challenging the North Carolina State Health Plan’s exclusion of coverage for treatments sought by transgender patients.
The state treasurer and state employees association support a New Bern eye surgeon’s challenge of the state’s certificate-of-need health care restrictions.
The North Carolina State Health Plan announced Wednesday the reinstatement of its “longstanding exclusion of transition-related treatments” typically sought by transgender patients. The announcement arrived on the same day a court case challenging the exclusion officially returned to a federal trial court from the 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals.
