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North Carolina Gov. Stein cancels Medicaid rate cuts amid legal and legislative battles

North Carolina Democratic Gov. Josh Stein is canceling Medicaid rate cuts he initiated more than two months ago. Read More

Health care costs are set to rise for millions as Senate rejects bill

The Senate shot also shot down advancing a bill that would've deposited $1,000 to $1,500 into health savings accounts, or HSAs, for eligible consumers ... Read More

‘Catastrophic implications’: Inside the NC court battle over Medicaid cuts

Republican state lawmakers have failed to pass a new state budget, leading Democratic Gov. Josh Stein to cut the rates Medicaid reimburses hospitals and doctors. The rate cuts are now being challenged ... Read More

Republicans, health experts push back on Democrats' Medicaid ‘scare tactics’

Even before the conflict over Obamacare subsidies that resulted in a month-and-a-half-long government shutdown, Democrats were already attacking Republicans over their reforms to the federal public ... Read More

Democratic lawmakers push NC Republicans on Medicaid. GOP says Dems are politicizing the issue

Nearly every Democratic state lawmaker in North Carolina traveled to Raleigh on Monday even though there were no votes to be held, nor any other major business on the legislative calendar. Rather, ... Read More

What the health? From KFF Health News: The GOP still can’t agree on a health plan

December on extending enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies, but Republicans still can’t decide whether they want to put forward their own alternative or what that might include. Meanwhile, the CDC ... Read More

GOP rejects Stein’s call for Medicaid session, calling it attempt to ‘usurp’ power

Stein called an extra legislative session for Medicaid funding on Nov. 17. Republican leaders refuse, citing constitutional authority and calendar control. Both sides agree Medicaid needs funding, but ... Read More

Colorado families fear proposed Medicaid cuts could limit care for children with disabilities

Some Colorado lawmakers say Gov. Jared Polis is creating a health care crisis with his plan to limit Medicaid growth. In the governor's budget proposal for next year, Medicaid funding would need to ... Read More

Retirements signal GOP lawmakers delivered for Trump, but not themselves

Congress returned from its Thanksgiving break to a markedly different world from the one of even just a few weeks ago, when lawmakers passed the current stopgap spending bill that runs until Jan. 21. Read More