Officials present hospitals, more taxes on health insurers and state savings as options to cover rising administrative costs.

State leaders are worried about how the new federal changes, including work eligibility, will affect North Carolinians.

But lawmakers might not come back until April.

North Carolina lawmakers have asked county and state officials to report on how they're implementing changes to Medicaid and federal food stamp programs ushered in by a sweeping tax-and-spending plan ...

“It is time to fund Medicaid,” Gov. Josh Stein said in a news conference Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025 in Raleigh. “Because if [lawmakers] fail to do so, people are suffering. And it is unacceptable.” (Photo ...

North Carolina is facing a looming deadline to find more funding to cover new federal work requirements for Medicaid.

The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services cannot reduce Medicaid payments to providers of a service to children with autism, a Superior Court judge ruled Monday. Special Superior ...

State enacted Medicaid cuts of 3–10%, may force providers to cut staff, pay. Medicaid Direct recipients such as some nursing homes will feel cuts earliest. Some organizations are delaying reductions ...

State officials outline next steps to spending federal funds to improve care in rural communities as lawmakers raise concerns about equity.

Data: N.C. Department of Health and Human Services; Chart: Axios Visuals North Carolina is one of 13 states whose Medicaid programs cover GLP-1s for weight loss treatment, and their usage in the state ...

RALEIGH (WTVD) -- The budget remains a point of contention with several critics across the state, including Medicaid customers. One lawmaker who sponsored the Medicaid overhaul bill now says he won't ...