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Legislative leaders dismiss lawsuit over Medicaid expansion
With Gov. Roy Cooper’s desire to expand Medicaid withering on the vine, legislative leaders decided to dismiss a lawsuit that sought to block what they saw as unconstitutional action. “We are pleased Gov. Cooper abandoned his plan to defy state and federal law and unilaterally expand…
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Medicaid reform measure moves forward in Senate committee
A Senate panel passed legislation Thursday to accelerate mental health Medicaid reform and free up nearly $1 billion in frozen assets to provide more behavioral health services. Sen. Ralph Hise, R-Mitchell, a co-chairman of the Senate Health Care Committee, presented an amended version of House Bill 403 that…
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Cooper makes two appointments; says he’s working with GA leaders to ease confirmation
RALEIGH — Gov. Roy Cooper made two more appointments Friday and said he’s talking with legislative leaders in an effort to ease the confirmation process. Cabinet appointments are subject to Senate confirmation, says a provision in the state constitution. Cooper has filed a lawsuit challenging that part of a…
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Horn: Audit gives additional reason not to expand Medicaid
A senior state lawmaker who heads a committee overseeing the state Medicaid program says a newly released audit outlining systemic management mistakes gives an additional reason to oppose Gov. Roy Cooper’s proposal to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act. State Rep. Craig Horn, R-Union, co-chairs a…
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Cooper makes a colossal blunder
By claiming unilateral authority to expand Medicaid, Gov. Cooper destroyed the political narrative he and his progressive enablers in the media had created after the 2016 election.
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Berger, Moore send letter to feds in response to Cooper’s Medicaid plans
The leaders of the General Assembly have sent a letter to the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services opposing the governor’s plan to expand Medicaid. Senate Leader Phil Berger, R-Rockingham, and House Speaker Tim Moore, R-Cleveland, sent the letter in response to Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper’s proposal to…
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Oversight group says Medicaid program detects waste poorly
The state’s Medicaid program is not detecting or preventing waste, fraud, and abuse due to lack of staff, bureaucratic cooperation, and proper documentation, and the Medicaid Program Integrity Section is paying outside contractors much more to root out those problems than they return in savings, a state Program Evaluation Division…
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Cooper still bets on Obamacare
Most framers of Obamacare believe that a Medicare/Medicaid plan for all is and should be the ultimate destination for American health care. Does Roy Cooper agree?…
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N.C. leaders deserve praise, not criticism, for avoiding Obamacare entanglement
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Roy Cooper's campaign rhetoric ignores key facts about the Affordable Care Act's impact.