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.
In the wake of the ongoing negotiations between Duke Health and Aetna, the North Carolina State Health Plan Board of Trustees on Friday approved procuring a transition services vendor to help plan members find new healthcare providers if an agreement can’t be reached by the Oct. 20 deadline.
The lawsuit challenging North Carolina State Health Plan restrictions on coverage of treatments typically sought by transgender patients is returning to a federal trial court. It’s not clear which judge will oversee the case.
Plaintiffs challenging the North Carolina State Health Plan’s ban on coverage of medical treatments typically sought by transgender patients urge a federal Appeals Court to reject a recent request from the health plan. A Sept. 11 letter from the plan’s lawyers asked the 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals to throw out an injunction in the case. The plaintiffs responded with a letter Tuesday objecting to that proposal.
Lawyers representing the North Carolina State Health Plan are asking the 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals to throw out an injunction against the plan in a dispute over coverage for medical treatments typically sought by transgender patients.
The State Health Plan Board approved premium hikes for 750K+ members to address deficits projected at $900M in 2027.
Both sides in a legal dispute over North Carolina’s law against gender transition surgeries for minors are asking a federal judge to place the case on hold. They want to wait for a federal Appeals Court to resolve a separate case involving the State Health Plan.
The US Supreme Court will review Thursday a case involving North Carolina State Health Plan coverage of medical treatments typically pursued by transgender patients. The case Folwell v. Kadel is scheduled for a closed-door review.
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