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 […]