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It’s estimated that more than 500,000 people will soon gain access to health care coverage in North Carolina through Medicaid expansion. The new law’s impact on individuals, families and the medical professionals who care for them will be closely monitored.

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Passing North Carolinas budget will remain the last hurdle for the state to expand Medicaid to potentially cover 600,000 adults who dont qualify or make enough

Expanding Medicaid coverage could be possible in North Carolina following Republican lawmakers approving language of a Democratic health care bill.

Medicaid expansion passed in March but can’t be enacted until the budget is signed by the governor. After months of delay, it can finally happen.

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Passing North Carolinas budget will remain the last hurdle for the state to expand Medicaid to potentially cover 600,000 adults who dont qualify or make enough for health insurance now that an effort to link it to authorizing more casinos is off the table.

The budget stalemate delaying Medicaid expansion in North Carolina could have deadly consequences for a cancer patient.

As many as 300,000 people could lose coverage during Medicaid unwinding before expansion takes effect in North Carolina.

The Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust said Tuesday it is providing $350,000 to nonprofit health care advocacy group Care4Carolina toward its initial Medicaid expansion efforts.

News of a potential compromise on state Medicaid expansion Thursday yielded mostly positive and cautiously optimistic responses from public-health advocates.

North Carolina legislative leaders announced Thursday an agreement to expand Medicaid to hundreds of thousands of residents in the state.