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Atlantic Information Services, Inc.
November 14, 2017
House Bill 372 will require North Carolina to enter into contracts with three ... calls the legislative approval of the Medicaid managed care bill a ...
News & Observer
November 11, 2017
Paul LePage's five vetoes of Medicaid expansion legislation, approved expansion ... Medicaid expansion has broad support in North Carolina.
Winston-Salem Journal
November 11, 2017
North Carolina's attempt to expanding Medicaid coverage to an additional ... State legislative leaders remain unconvinced expansion would do ...
New York Times
November 8, 2017
And the outlook for legislative approval has brightened in Virginia after ... Virginia, will add momentum to efforts in Kansas and North Carolina.
Winston-Salem Journal
November 5, 2017
Dr. Mandy Cohen, the state's health secretary, told a joint legislative ... care systems are pooling resources into North Carolina Provider Owned ...
CBS News
November 5, 2017
... bill this year to secure a legislative accomplishment, following their stinging failure ... That's because without it, fewer people would enroll in Medicaid or buy ... Mark Meadows, R-North Carolina, said Friday that repealing the ...
News & Observer (blog)
November 5, 2017
The opioid epidemic is intensifying in North Carolina and straining the ... could be countered if legislative leaders would expand Medicaid.
Virginian-Pilot
November 4, 2017
She said the state can't boost growth unless it changes regulations ... However, Vogel said she remains opposed to expanding Medicaid by ... He holds a bachelor's degree from Duke University in North Carolina and a law ...
Elizabethtown Bladen Journal
November 3, 2017
... 2) draft legislation returning control of the health insurance market ... Instead of Medicaid expansion, the state could expand access with innovative health care delivery models including North Carolina's free and charitable ...
NPR
October 26, 2017
In August, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services cut funding for navigators by ... South Carolina and North Carolina are cases in point.
Winston-Salem Journal
October 18, 2017
... salary by $400,000, down to state maximum for overseeing Medicaid providers ... reducing it to the maximum allowed by North Carolina law.
North Carolina Health News
October 11, 2017
... spending at North Carolina's largest behavioral health management company ... for a $100,000 bonus, according to state Medicaid head Dave Richard. ... During the regular legislative session this spring, House lawmakers ...
Winston-Salem Journal
October 10, 2017
The 77-page plan deals with the Medicaid and the N.C. Health Choice ... the healthcare joint legislative oversight committee that while the state ... date, Cohen acknowledged North Carolina “is in the queue with several states.
Inside Science News Service
December 31, 1999
... shows that the legislation improved insurance coverage rates for patients receiving this ... Medicaid is a joint federal and state program that provides health ... at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, who led the study.
Winston-Salem Journal
December 31, 1999
Medicaid covers 2.01 million North Carolina residents and costs $14 billion ... Mandy Cohen, the state's health secretary, told a joint legislative ...
Deadspin
December 31, 1999
A group of North Carolina farmworkers—pickle and cucumber workers ... That said, if you're at all interested in worker's rights, state legislative actions, ..... Dixon's voted against Medicaid expansion; he listed “Ronald Reagan, ...
Dallas News
December 31, 1999
Today, Medicaid is the nation's largest health insurance program, .... of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and a supporter of the federal health law.
MedPage Today
December 31, 1999
... Care Act are really "bait-and-switch" pieces of legislation, Virginia's Medicaid ... "'Repeal-and-replace' meant take it all from the current Medicaid program . ... to do so, said Dave Richard, Medicaid director for North Carolina.
WXOW.com
February 25, 2017
An economic boycott by the NAACP is the latest fallout over North Carolina's so-called bathroom bill and other conservative policies.
Fayetteville Observer
February 25, 2017
William Barber jumps up on the ledge around the pool to tell observers not to boo the local authorities efforts to keep the crowd safe during the Moral Monday protests at the North Carolina Legislative Building in downtown Raleigh, North Carolina ...
The Chronicle of Social Change
February 24, 2017
Additional federal activities include new guidance on maternal depression screening and treatment from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), a Department of Justice-funded grant of $6 million approved for fiscal year 2017 to develop ...
NBC2 News
February 24, 2017
He embraced Obama's 2010 health care law and expanded the Medicaid program to cover around 400,000 Kentuckians, dropping the percentage of the state's uninsured people from over 20 percent to 7.5 percent, one of the nation's steepest reductions.
NBC2 News
February 24, 2017
An economic boycott by the NAACP is the latest fallout over North Carolina's so-called bathroom bill and other conservative policies.
Greensboro News & Record
February 24, 2017
The N.C. Democratic Party said the "unlawful threat to subpoena Larry Hall, someone who is unquestionably qualified, offers further proof that Republicans in the General Assembly care more about political stunts than doing what's right for North ...
Springfield News-Leader
February 24, 2017
James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, highlights Friday night's festivities, which also include a silent auction and a cash bar sponsored by legislative leaders. A jam-packed Saturday ... But before he can sit down and eat, Blunt will decide whether to accept an ...
KTTC
February 24, 2017
21, 2016 file photo, North Carolina Speaker of the House Tim Moore speaks as the North Carolina General Assembly convenes for a special session in Raleigh, N.C.
New York Times
February 24, 2017
On Capitol Hill, some Republicans are hoping Mr. Mulvaney and others will change the president's mind on far bigger targets and convince him that structural changes to Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid - the biggest drivers of deficits that are ...
News & Observer
February 24, 2017
The Senate Commerce and Insurance Committee votes Thursday, Feb, 23, 2017 to subpoena Larry Hall to appear and testify before the committee.
Pinnacle
February 24, 2017
Since obtaining that much control, republicans in North Carolina have, among many other actions, cut funding for public schools, eliminated the earned income tax credit, blocked the Medicaid expansion (denying 500,000 people the benefits), cut ...
NBC2 News
February 23, 2017
Critics of the bill said it could be among the most extreme anti-abortion laws in the nation, even as other states consider their own proposals that would reduce the window for legal abortions.
Pinnacle
February 23, 2017
Since obtaining that much control, republicans in North Carolina have, among many other actions, cut funding for public schools, eliminated the earned income tax credit, blocked the Medicaid expansion (denying 500,000 people the benefits), cut ...
The Daily Record (registration)
February 23, 2017
One of the biggest topics around the water cooler in North Carolina is House Bill 2. Its impact has reached across the country with national organizations such as the NCAA and several business entities to abandon the state until the controversial ...
Newton Kansan
February 22, 2017
Conservatives are pushing for extreme revisions to President Barack Obama's health care law, and some are threatening to oppose anything less than sweeping legislation. ... Representative Mark Walker, R-North Carolina, leader of a broader group of ...
The Daily Tar Heel
February 22, 2017
"Legislative action undermining Roe began almost immediately after Roe passed in 1973," Levenstein said. "In 1976, Congress passed the Hyde Amendment, which made it illegal to use federal monies to fund abortions.
Atlanta Journal Constitution (blog)
February 22, 2017
That's not likely to stop supporters, who told Sheinin it was designed to be narrowly-tailored in order to give it an easier path this legislative session. Senate Bill 233 is significantly scaled down from the eight-page legislation that Deal vetoed ...
Richmond.com
February 21, 2017
The bill would allow the state to fund a clinic only if it solely provides Medicaid-eligible abortions, such as in cases of rape or incest, when the mother's life is in danger, or when the fetus has a physical or mental deformity.
Washington Examiner
February 19, 2017
Since 2010, when Obamcare was signed into law, 80 rural hospitals have closed, according to the North Carolina Rural Health Research Program.
KUNM
February 17, 2017
Democrats in the New Mexico House of Representatives are rallying around a package of tax and revenue measures designed to shore up state finances and stave off spending cuts to education and Medicaid health care. State lawmakers ... Legislation aimed ...
MyDaytonDailyNews
February 17, 2017
Watchdog says ads featuring Mandel and OSU coach Meyer raise questions about Mandel's motives; ads came just months before Mandel launched SenateÃÂ ...
The New Yorker
February 17, 2017
They launched a sustained attack on the political independence of the University of North Carolina. They turned down the Affordable Care Act's Medicaid expansion and declined federal funds to extend unemployment benefits. They pressed ... Republicans ...
New York Times
February 16, 2017
Representative Mark Meadows, Republican of North Carolina and the chairman of the hard-line Freedom Caucus, said Republicans needed to talk about replacement measures "in specific terms, not in aspirational terms.
Roll Call
February 15, 2017
"Conservatives have come together to say that this is the replacement plan that we not only want to promote but debate and hopefully fine-tune," said North Carolina Rep. Mark Meadows, the caucus ... The conservatives' proposal does not include a ...
WVVA TV (registration)
February 15, 2017
President Donald Trump's pick to oversee Medicare and Medicaid advised Vice President Mike Pence on health care issues while he was Indiana's governor.
U.S. News & World Report
February 14, 2017
Republican legislative leaders say the state Constitution gives the Senate authority to scrutinize the Cabinet, but attorneys for Cooper's attorney say confirmation doesn't apply to his Cabinet and cuts into core powers.
Ansonrecord
February 14, 2017
WINGATE - It's a stormy time in our society: Officer-involved shootings have led to protests and riots; we've experienced one of the most divisive elections in the nation's history; and a growing number of lawsuits are pending between North Carolina's ...
Fayetteville Observer
February 14, 2017
Republican legislative leaders say the state Constitution gives the Senate authority to scrutinize the Cabinet, but attorneys for Cooper's attorney say confirmation doesn't apply to his Cabinet and cuts into core powers.
North Carolina Health News
February 14, 2017
Roy Cooper has been engaged in a tug-of-war with legislative leaders over whether or not lawmakers will have the power to approve or nix Cooper's choice for North Carolina's HHS secretary. That issue is making its way through the court system. SpadeÃÂ ...
Laurinburg Exchange
February 13, 2017
Scotland Healthcare System hosted a legislative briefing with state Sen. Tom McInnis and state Reps. Garland ... According to Hand, behavioral health is one issue North Carolina legislators can tackle without the worry of implications from a "rapidly ...
FOX10 News
February 13, 2017
Based on reports of the effects a similar law had on the state of North Carolina, local business leaders said it would be very anti-business and potentially cause Alabama businesses to lose out on hundreds of millions of dollars.
Winston-Salem Journal
February 13, 2017
Hall also cited as playing a major contributing role the unwillingness of the Republican-controlled General Assembly to expand Medicaid. Republican legislative leaders have cited concerns about the dependability of the federal government to pay up to ...
