NC lawmakers will fill Medicaid funding gap, but larger state budget issues remain unresolved

By: Lynn Bonner, Christine Zhu

Outlets: North Carolina Newsline

Published: April 21, 2026

Words: 606

Last Updated: 3 months, 1 week ago

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The North Carolina legislature has agreed to shore up the state’s Medicaid program with a $319 million infusion, but disagreements between Republicans in the House and Senate on the rest of the state budget remain unresolved.

Republican legislators and Democratic Gov. Josh Stein had been jousting for months over filling the state’s Medicaid funding gap.

Republicans in the House and Senate failed to agree on a bill last year that would have …

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