By Clarissa Donnelly-DeRoven Back in August, Lucy Plyler was mailed a 19-page letter from the state health department. The letter said that the way Victoria,
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Housing and domestic violence programs face significant problems in new Medicaid program
By Clarissa Donnelly-DeRoven North Carolina’s state Medicaid office is sending millions of dollars to organizations that help people with housing, domestic violence, and other chronically
Have Medicaid? You may be entitled to a free weekly box of produce
By Clarissa Donnelly-DeRoven This is the first story in a series examining how NC Medicaid’s Healthy Opportunities Pilot is going Since April 2020, 52-year-old Mary
Medicaid patients and county workers brace for the end of the COVID public health emergency
By Clarissa Donnelly-DeRoven When the pandemic hit, Rachel got sick with COVID-19. Like millions of others across the country, the rural eastern North Carolina resident
Lots of buzz about NC Senate Republicans and their Medicaid expansion bill
By Rose Hoban and Rachel Crumpler It finally happened. In a move that many health care advocates have been pushing for years, the state Senate
Uncertainty over pandemic’s end complicates NC’s Medicaid budget
By Rose Hoban What a difference a decade can make. Republican lawmakers raised a ruckus 10 years ago when officials from the state Department of
For kids with complex behavioral needs, Medicaid often provides better coverage
By Clarissa Donnelly-DeRoven This is the first story in an occasional series on the different types of care families and children with complex behavioral needs
With Medicaid and mental health in the mix, juvenile court gets tricky
By Clarissa Donnelly-DeRoven This is part 2 in an occasional series on the different types of care families and children with complex behavioral needs receive
Postpartum Medicaid to be prolonged for pregnant individuals to at least one 12 months after start
By Elizabeth Thompson Postpartum Medicaid might be prolonged from 60 days after start to at least one 12 months beginning right now, as a provision
Postpartum Medicaid to be prolonged for pregnant individuals to at least one yr after start
By Elizabeth Thompson Postpartum Medicaid will likely be prolonged from 60 days after start to at least one yr beginning at the moment, as a