How Medicaid budget cuts could impact you

Get the Facts: Here’s who has Medicaid, what impact budget cuts could have Find out how the proposed Medicaid budget cuts could affect millions of enrollees and the health centers they rely on Updated: 10:41 PM EST Mar 8, 2025 Editorial Standards ⓘ The House of Representatives last week passed a Republican budget proposal that […]

Medicaid expansion plan to cover more enrollees

By Rose Hoban More than 625,000 North Carolinians would gain health insurance coverage under the plans that the Department of Health and Human Services is drafting for federal regulators. That number was quoted Friday during a conference call of the Medical Care Advisory Committee, a group of health clinic managers, doctors and administrator from around […]

More emergency surgeries in states without Medicaid expansion

By Rose Hoban There’s a big difference between getting a scheduled knee replacement surgery or back surgery and having an emergency gallbladder removal or cardiac catheterization.  The orthopedic surgeries tend to be non-emergency, elective procedures that are planned in advance.  On the other hand, gallbladder removals are often emergency surgeries, as patients are usually in […]