Laura Gerald and Susan Shumaker: Medicaid Expansion Passes; Now a New Challenge
Read the full op ed on the Greensboro News and Record
Category: Equitable Access to Care
NC Medicaid Expansion to Launch on Dec. 1, Granting Health Insurance to Thousands
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Foundations Applaud the Implementation of Medicaid Expansion
We are in a historic moment as North Carolina becomes the 40th state to implement Medicaid expansion under the Affordable…
Research explores patient experience following North Carolina’s Medicaid transition
The researchers from Wake Forest University School of Medicine examined information gathered from surveys and healthcare records of Medicaid beneficiaries who were receiving primary care through the Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist network.
Medicaid Redetermination in NC: Thousands at Risk of Losing Coverage
North Carolinians now face a significant challenge as the federal provision preventing states from removing Medicaid participants from their coverage…
Kate B. Reynolds Trust Provides Funds to nonprofit’s Medicaid Expansion Initiative
The Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust said Tuesday it is providing $350,000 to nonprofit health care advocacy group Care4Carolina toward its initial Medicaid expansion efforts.
Philanthropy Profile: A Conversation with Laura Gerald
Current issues of trust between health care institutions and communities are rooted in generations of marginalizing behavior and system failures. In this interview, Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust President Laura Gerald emphasizes the hard truths about why trust is lacking and what must be done to build it.
NC Governor Roy Cooper Signs Medicaid Expansion Bill into Law
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper on Monday signed a Medicaid expansion law that was a decade in the making and gives the Democrat a legacy-setting victory, although one significant hurdle remains before coverage can be implemented, thanks to a Republican-backed provision.