By Tevin Stinson The Chronicle In 2023, North Carolina became the 40th state to expand Medicaid, extending coverage to ...

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How and whether to cover expensive treatments and drugs can be a significant deliberation for state Medicaid directors. In North Carolina, where 70% of people ... Our stories may be republished online ...

Of the 32 US states that forcibly sterilized people in the 20th century under the influence of eugenics, only three have ...

Potential federal spending cuts that could affect social services like Medicaid and food assistance are raising concerns in rural southeastern North Carolina.

The state Senate has approved a controversial Medicaid work requirement bill that could affect nearly 200,000 North Carolina ...

Apr. 28—The Trump administration this month scrapped a Biden-era proposal that would have required state Medicaid programs and allowed federal Medicare to pay for some GLP-1s for obesity treatment.

In the Senate, there is also concern about making substantial changes to how much the federal government contributes to a state’s Medicaid burden. “You know, North Carolina if you did a change ...

One person was killed and six injured during an overnight shooting at Elizabeth City State University, a historically Black university in North Carolina.The shooting took place in the early hours ...

The incident took place in the early hours of Sunday, April 27, at Elizabeth City State University’s campus Gabrielle Rockson is a staff writer-reporter for PEOPLE. She joined PEOPLE in 2023 and ...