To Gov. Pat McCrory and state Sen. Phil Berger: As a family physician who has practiced for nearly a quarter of a century in Rockingham County, I would like to share with you the great human cost when patients go without medical insurance. Read more

Esther Ross said her story summarizes what’s right about Medicaid and how much there is to lose if the state’s proposed Medicaid reform fails. “I was a beneficiary of Medicaid when I was first diagnosed (with HIV) in 1993,” said Ross, a social work practitioner and medical care coordinator with the Brody School of Medicine. Medicaid ensured Ross received the …

A faith-based advocacy group says implementing Medicaid expansion will not only improve medical care for North Carolinians but bolster the ability of medical providers to deliver that care. About a dozen people gathered at St. Paul’s Episcopal Chapel on Wednesday for a presentation on Medicaid expansion by the N.C. Council of Churches, a “statewide ecumenical organization promoting Christian unity and …

Patients and healthcare workers urged the state health officials to expand Medicaid during a so-called “listening session” attended by a capacity crowd last week at the Forsyth County Department of Public Health for the purpose of getting public feedback on plans to privatize the system. Read more

Two upcoming meetings are scheduled to address proposed changes to how the state provides health care to its poorest citizens through the Medicaid program. Read more

When we view our county’s status at the highest level of so many negative economic and social indicators, we need to recognize the many reasons why this is so. Read more

Scores of people gathered Thursday to hear about — and give their opinion on — major changes to the way North Carolina pays for Medicaid services. Read more

A coalition of WNC organizations gathered before a state hearing Wednesday to again make the case for North Carolina to expand the number of people covered through Medicaid. Read more

Speakers at the first three public hearings this week on the state’s planned Medicaid overhaul said they wanted the government insurance program expanded to cover more people, worried that increased paperwork would drive away doctors, and asked why the state is changing the system at all. Read more

North Carolina is in the midst of a huge change to its Medicaid program, and state officials took their listening tour about it to the Charlotte area Thursday. In Huntersville and Monroe, they heard from patients, advocates and doctors. Read more