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What is the Coverage Gap

WEBThe coverage gap includes people who aren’t eligible for Medicaid yet their incomes are too low to qualify for ACA subsidies. Most people who fall within the gap are working—more …

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Close the Gap NC

WEBTim Messenger has worked hard all his life – most recently as inventory manager for a Gaston County car dealer. He was laid off in January 2014, just as the …

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Who is in the Coverage Gap

WEBLastly, between now and 2020, we’re leaving $21 billion in federal Medicaid expansion dollars sitting on the table in Washington, DC. This money is just waiting for the asking, …

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Lincoln Times News: Help children’s health by closing the …

WEBGuest Column by Rob Thompson of NC Child University researchers at Emory University’s Rollins School of Public Health recently released a new study …

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A Nurse's Call to Care in Henderson County

WEBExpanding health care options also has economy-wide benefits for our state and county. According to a study by Cone Health in 2015, making health care available …

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Let’s Talk Medicaid Reform and Expansion Together!

WEBThe North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) is drafting a Medicaid reform waiver application – the document needed to get federal …

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The Robesonian: NC's Medicaid gap widens

WEBThe latest data from the U.S. Census Bureau included some frustrating information about North Carolina and it wasn’t just the state’s sluggish below the …

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News & Observer: New reports show benefits of expanding …

WEBSuch a policy would potentially benefit half a million North Carolinians of all ages with no access to adequate health care. Under the Affordable Care Act, Medicaid …

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News & Observer: New honors show the value of Community Care …

WEBAt a time when the Affordable Care Act is under constant partisan fire despite its successes, when lawmakers in North Carolina look to cut health care …

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Indy Week: HHS Secretary Sylvia Burwell tells North Carolina …

WEB“The benefits of Medicaid expansion are like all other methods of insuring people, they’re about financial and health security for individuals,” HHS Secretary Sylvia …

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News & Observer: James Foster: No more waiting on Medicaid …

WEBRegarding the Jan. 27 news article “Report weighs benefit, cost of expanding Medicaid”: This report is a thorough and thoughtful economic analysis from the Health …

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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services: New report shows …

WEBToday, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released a report showing that states can greatly improve access to behavioral health services for …

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North Carolina Health News: Kids’ Docs Make Voices Heard on …

WEBThe state Department of Health and Human Services holds its final Medicaid reform hearing – and hears plenty from pediatricians. Read more. Post navigation. …

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Winston-Salem Journal: Wake Forest health law researchers argue …

WEBMark Hall and Edwin Shoaf, nationally recognized health care law experts, released Monday a 12-page brief that weighs the pros and cons of expanding the N.C. …

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News & Observer: Calls for Medicaid expansion, limited …

WEBNews & Observer: Calls for Medicaid expansion, limited paperwork, in health insurance overhaul March 30, 2016 Speakers at the first formal public hearing on …

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News & Observer: NC costs, benefits of Medicaid expansion about …

WEBAn assessment of Medicaid expansion, done by a Wake Forest law professor and a researcher, finds that its economic benefits and savings would about …

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News & Observer: In NC, thousands still lack insurance and health …

WEBTim Messenger has worked hard all his life – most recently as inventory manager for a Gaston County car dealer. He was laid off in January 2014, just as the …

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Join the Movement

WEBHealth Care for ALL North Carolinians. We are continuing the conversation that was started when our state leaders declined federal funds to expand healthcare coverage to more …

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The Citizen-Times: A son’s death spurs mother to health care …

WEBEver since she was a child, Leslie Boyd has been passionate about social justice issues, from the civil rights movement to the women’s movement and beyond. As …

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News & Observer: Poll shows voter support for Medicaid Expansion

WEBA poll commissioned by NC Child holds that 72 percent of North Carolina voters support using available federal money to “fix the health insurance gap” to insure …

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