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A group of men and women present the budget plan at a press conference in the state legislature. They are Republican senators.

State Health Policy

NC Senate budget plan filled with health care policy initiatives

by Rose Hoban and Grace Vitaglione April 18, 2025April 21, 2025

A white woman wearing a baseball cap stands in front of shelves lined with food at Beacon of Hope, a Madison County nonprofit that provides meals to western North Carolina residents through the state’s Healthy Opportunities Pilot, which is funded with Medicaid dollars.

Successful rural county health program could go statewide—if politics don’t get in the way

by Jaymie Baxley February 6, 2025February 5, 2025

fruit and vegetables in baskets on shelves along a wall at a food pantry that will soon participate in the state's Medicaid program

“It’s never been done before”: How NC plans to use Medicaid dollars to improve social determinants of health

by Clarissa Donnelly-DeRoven March 9, 2022August 14, 2023