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Impact Health to Lead Landmark Rural Health Initiative in Western North Carolina

Governor Stein Signs State Budget, Enacting Historic Pay Raises for Teachers and Law Enforcement

NC Budget Allocates $9M State Plus $16M Federal for Medicaid Non-Medical Services

NC’s First Full Budget Since 2023 Reflects Transformed Health Policy Landscape

The Fine Print: NC’s $34B Budget Includes DEI Cuts, Ferry Tolls, AI, Prison Funds and More

Governor Stein Establishes Health Care Affordability Commission Co-Chaired by NCDHHS Secretary and NC State Treasurer

Community Voices from North Carolina’s Healthy Opportunities Pilots Program: Implications for Designing and Evaluating Programs to Address Upstream Drivers of Health

North Carolina's Food is Medicine Leaders Gather to Highlight State's National Leadership

New Data Show the Healthy Opportunities Pilots (HOP) Program, which Shut Down Last Summer, Saved North Carolina Residents with Medicaid More Money Than Previously Estimated.

Healthy Opportunities Pilots Lead to Healthier Outcomes and Reduce NC Medicaid Costs

A Closer Look at North Carolina’s Implementation of the 2025 Reconciliation Law Medicaid Provisions and Other Changes Amid Medicaid Budget Shortfalls

After a Pioneering Program was Spiked, NC Organizations Build a New Path Forward

Learn More About Medicaid Expansion

Last month, I dedicated a column on Medicaid expansion and homelessness. It is a complex issue and one that I am not very familiar with.

December 20, 2023