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Healthcare providers brace for Medicaid cuts. Are layoffs in rural NC next?
1+ hour, 50+ min ago (1593+ words) Major shakeups in healthcare are coming to North Carolina next year, including changes to federal law that could kick as many as a quarter-million North Carolinians off Medicaid, the program that insures low-income people, disabled people, children and others. Losing…...
About 8% of the country lacked health insurance in 2025, new data shows. That could rise next year
3+ day, 7+ hour ago (503+ words) The national survey results, released Thursday, show the all-ages uninsured rate has stayed significantly down from where it was several years ago, but the ranks of the uninsured could soon expand as the Trump administration's sweeping changes to the health…...
Expected NC budget won't restore GLP-1 weight-loss drug coverage for state employees, treasurer says
3+ day, 15+ hour ago (687+ words) State Treasurer Brad Briner doesn't expect North Carolina lawmakers to include requested funding in the new state budget to restore State Health Plan coverage of GLP-1 for weight loss, signaling the benefit is unlikely to return in this budget cycle....
Did a bot deny your claim? NC lawmakers want to regulate AI in health insurance
1+ week, 2+ day ago (74+ words) WRAL This is a modal window. Beginning of dialog window. Escape will cancel and close the window. End of dialog window. Did a bot deny your claim? NC lawmakers want to regulate AI in health insurance North Carolina lawmakers want…...
UNC Health-Cigna contract talks deadlocked, risk leaving 65, 000 patients out-of-network by Dec. 1
6+ mon, 4+ day ago (414+ words) UNC Health and Cigna are continuing negotiations for a new contract into the holiday weekend. The current agreement ends Sunday, Nov. 30. UNC health tells WRAL, its continuing efforts to reach a new, fair agreement with Cigna. "Unfortunately, progress has been…...
UNC Health-Cigna contract expires: Check other health care contracts in NC
5+ mon, 4+ week ago (476+ words) More than 4, 000 people who have appointments scheduled with UNC Health in December are scrambling. The patients have Cigna health insurance, and their insurer's'contract expired this week'with UNC Health. Overall, UNC Health said more than 65, 000 of its patients have Cigna health…...
Higher premiums coming: NC State Health Plan to undergo major overhaul in 2026
9+ mon, 2+ week ago (849+ words) North Carolina's state health plan is poised for a major overhaul Friday, leading to higher premiums and out-of-pocket costs for most of the plan's 750, 000 members. The State Health Plan covers teachers, state employees and retirees, and many local government employees…...
More health care price changes could be on the way in NC for state employees
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (979+ words) The leaders of the State Health Plan met Tuesday to debate whether to raise costs on North Carolina state employees who use certain health care providers. No final decision is expected until this summer, but Tuesday's meeting laid the groundwork…...
Those on state health plan could see provider change again
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (430+ words) The North Carolina State Health Plan could be seeking a new insurance provider just over a year into a contract with Aetna. Any change in the plan administration would mean a change in coverage for 750, 000 people as soon as January…...
Health insurance is even less affordable this year " here's why
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (1060+ words) (CNN) " Millions of Americans got a nasty reminder this month of just how costly health care coverage is. Workers, Obamacare enrollees and Medicare beneficiaries are all contending with steeper-than-usual hikes in their health insurance premiums for 2026 " yet another stressor in…...