By Jaymie Baxley Key Takeaways The Healthy Opportunities Pilot, a first-of-its-kind initiative that used Medicaid dollars to address non-medical health needs of rural North Carolinians, will resume in early 2027 after a long pause. However, the scope of the program will be drastically reduced. Before it was halted in July 2025, HOP offered nearly 30 […]
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Jaymie Baxley is an award-winning reporter covering rural health and Medicaid for NC Health News. A lifelong North Carolinian, he previously worked at The Pilot in Moore County, The Robesonian in Robeson County and The Daily Courier in Rutherford County. Reach him at jbaxley at northcarolinahealthnews.org
