Prison system works to connect people to Medicaid coverage before release

by Rachel Crumpler, North Carolina Health News February 13, 2024 By Rachel Crumpler Danay Burke, 43, was released from prison on Nov. 1. Among the many tasks on her to-do list for reestablishing her life was to figure out how to manage her health care needs. But she left prison without health insurance, making 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 […]