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Previously, the income limit for eligibility under Medicaid for a parent or caretaker in North Carolina was 41% of the federal poverty level, or just over $8,000 yearly for a family of three.
With North Carolina’s new budget, Medicaid expansion is now written into the law. Take a look at key policies included in expansion and how to sign up for this insurance program.
Starting Dec. 1, more than 600,000 North Carolinians will have newfound access to health insurance through Medicaid expansion, making the Tar Heel state the 40th to implement the policy.
The federal government foots 90% of the expansion costs under the program. In just the first few weeks of the program's rollout, the state had 300,000 North Carolinians — half of its goal — enroll in Medicaid expansion. North Carolina is part of a handful of Southern states that now participate in the program.
North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper, center and NC Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kody Kinsley, right, meet with navigators and clients during the launch of Medicaid Expansion ...
Hundreds of thousands of people in North Carolina are eligible for Medicaid benefits beginning Friday, almost a decade after ObamaCare let states expand eligibility. Advocates say North Carolina ...
As initially passed, the ACA was designed to provide universal health care in the U.S.: those with employer-sponsored health insurance would keep their plans, those with middle-income and lacking employer-sponsored health insurance could purchase subsidized insurance via newly established health insurance marketplaces, and those with low-income would be covered by the expansion of Medicaid.
More than 500,000 North Carolina residents have enrolled in the state's Medicaid expansion program since it went live about seven months ago, officials announced Friday. Gov. Roy Cooper, joined by ...