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Still, the North Carolina coverage change left state employees like Blanchard facing a stark choice — stop taking what she views as a miracle drug or pay as much as $1,200 out-of-pocket each month.
Medicaid beneficiaries in North Carolina will soon be able to get GLP-1 drugs like Wegovy, Saxenda and Zepbound covered. NC Medicaid to cover weight-loss drugs like Wegovy, after access cut for ...
Then you'll have to do a $150 spend down before Medicaid will pay those nursing costs. That can be tricky, or easy to do, depending on your mother's medical expenses.
In just the first few weeks of the program's rollout, the state had 300,000 North Carolinians — half of its goal — enroll in Medicaid expansion. North Carolina is part of a handful of Southern states that now participate in the program. More than a third of expansion enrollees come from rural communities, according to Cooper's office.
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In North Carolina, Medicaid costs are split between the State (34.87%) and the Federal government (65.13%). [13] "Ranking ninth among states in total Medicaid spending, North Carolina's Medicaid program has worked hard not just to cut spending to keep the program solvent, but also to contain costs while improving the quality of health care."
Previously, the income limit for eligibility under Medicaid for a parent or caretaker in North Carolina was 41% of the federal poverty level, or just over $8,000 yearly for a family of three.
On January 4, 2013, [25] North Carolina Governor-elect Pat McCrory swore in Aldona Wos as Secretary of the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services. [25] At the time, NCDHHS had around 18,000 employees and a budget of around $18 billion. [26] Wos declined her $128,000 salary and was instead paid a token $1. [27]