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North Carolina lawmakers take aim at hospitals’ prized tax perks
3+ hour, 42+ min ago (1045+ words) As North Carolina lawmakers search for ways to reduce the tax burden for state residents, they're taking aim at the generous tax breaks the state's nonprofit and public hospitals have long enjoyed. Proposals discussed by a House committee on March…...
ACA enrollment dropped sharply in North Carolina. More people across the state are expected to lose coverage.
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (848+ words) Amid rising costs and the expiration of enhanced subsidies, fewer North Carolina residents enrolled in health coverage under the Affordable Care Act for 2026, according to the latest figures from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services." Signed into law in 2010 by…...
Medicaid’s retroactive safety net is shrinking — patients, hospitals could feel the fallout
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (1603+ words) When people qualify for Medicaid after a medical emergency, the program can currently reach back up to three months to pay for care they received before they applied " a safeguard that often prevents a hospital stay or ambulance ride from…...
NC Medicaid leaders seek funding strategy as federal work requirements — and their costs — loom
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (1243+ words) The clock is ticking for lawmakers in North Carolina " the only state in the nation without an approved budget " to settle on a plan to cover rising administrative costs for Medicaid. That was the key takeaway from a presentation that…...
NC health insurance consumers left in limbo by Congress
2+ mon, 4+ day ago (1118+ words) The open enrollment period began in November without a deal in sight. Then, the government shutdown ended with a meager promise from Republicans to bring the issue to a vote in January, after most enrollees had already been locked into…...
NC faces tight deadline, high costs to implement Medicaid work requirement
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (1547+ words) North Carolina has less than a year to implement a federal rule requiring "able-bodied" Medicaid participants to prove they are working, volunteering or attending school for at least 80 hours a month. Officials from the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services…...
NC state retirees challenged health plan benefit changes 13 years ago. They’re still fighting.
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (903+ words) More than 13 years have passed since a group of prominent state retirees filed a lawsuit challenging what was then a new state law that required them to start paying for health care benefits they had received free of charge for…...
Why are health coverage costs increasing under the Affordable Care Act in North Carolina?
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (355+ words) Signed into law in 2010 by then-President Barack Obama, the Affordable Care Act expanded health care coverage for millions of Americans. The law created tax credits to help lower out-of-pocket costs. It also barred insurers from charging people with pre-existing health…...
Sticker shock: Obamacare customers confront premium spikes as congress dithers
3+ mon, 3+ day ago (1449+ words) We've been here before: congressional Democrats and Republicans sparring over the future of the Affordable Care Act. But this time there's an extra complication. Though it's the middle of open enrollment, lawmakers are still debating whether to extend the subsidies…...
To control costs, State Health Plan leaders look to invest in members’ health
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (1397+ words) North Carolina Treasurer Brad Briner has made waves during his first year in office among state employees, who will see a sharp uptick in their health insurance premiums starting next month." Briner says the increase is necessary to address a…...