Enrollment in North Carolina’s new Medicaid coverage for low-income adults has surpassed 400,000 in its first four months. Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper announced the numerical milestone on Monday. The expanded program began on Dec. 1. It covers some adults ages 19 to 64 who earn too much to qualify for traditional Medicaid.
FILE - North Carolina Health and Human Services Secretary Kody Kinsley, right, speaks while Gov. Roy Cooper listens at an Executive Mansion news conference in Raleigh, N.C., Sept. 25, 2023. Enrollment in North Carolina’s new Medicaid coverage for low-income adults has surpassed 400,000 in the expansion program’s first four months, Cooper announced on Monday, April 1, 2024. RALEIGH, N.C.
“This milestone and the speed at which we’ve reached it shows just how lifechanging Medicaid expansion is for our state and we will continue to get more eligible North Carolinians enrolled,” Cooper said in a news release. “People aren’t just getting covered, they’re getting care,” DHHS Secretary Kody Kinsley said in a video on social media.
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