Medicaid
NC Lawmakers To Vote On Medicaid Expansion Ban
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina lawmakers are set to approve a measure barring the state from expanding Medicaid under the federal health care overhaul. The state House and Senate are expected to vote Tuesday […]
Block On Health Overhaul Options Clears NC Senate
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The leader of the North Carolina House said Tuesday his chamber would seek to address financial worries from Gov. Pat McCrory over a Senate bill that prevents the state from offering […]
Study: Medicaid Expansion Will Save NC Money
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A nonpartisan group says North Carolina should expand the Medicaid program because it would provide health insurance coverage to 500,000 people, most of whom would remain uninsured without the expansion. The […]
NC Lawmakers Acting Fast To Block Medicaid Growth
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina legislators are moving quickly to block the state from expanding the government health insurance plan for the poor to cover about 650,000 uninsured residents.
SC’s Graham In Columbia To Talk About Debt Limit
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham is set to visit South Carolina to discuss the Capitol Hill debate over raising the country’s debt limit. Graham’s office says the Republican is talking about the […]
N.C. Groups Hold Vigil To Oppose Budget Cuts
A bishop in the United Methodist Church in North Carolina will lead a candlelight vigil with people who oppose cuts to Medicaid, Medicare and Social Security and support higher taxes for the wealthy.
Could Enforcing Obamacare Result In A Negative Medicaid ‘Ripple Effect’?
If President Barack Obama is re-elected, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act will stay, with much of the legislation therein taking effect by January of 2014. According to some experts, the results could be catastrophic for the nation’s Medicaid program – and the health of the American populace.
Opinion: Republicans Endorse Todd Akin As Senate Chances Slip Away
After Mitt Romney’s 47% don’t pay taxes remark, Conservative columnist Peggy Noonan dubbed the Romney campaign a “rolling calamity” for all its problems and continuing self-inflicted wounds. At this point, she might have to extend that label to Republican efforts to take the majority in the Senate as they flounder and flip flop.
Opinion: Paul Ryan And The War on Women
If you like the GOP war on women, you are going to love Paul Ryan. After all, Ryan’s record on women’s health could easily be mistaken for one of W. Mitt Romney’s primary opponents, Rick Santorum.
NC Isn’t Set On Medicaid Changes In US Health Law
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — While other Southern states already have drawn the line on the federal health care overhaul, North Carolina doesn’t seem quite settled on whether to commit to insuring hundreds of thousands more people starting in 2014.
