NC state health plan seeks to upend state retirees’ long-running health care lawsuit

By: Lynn Bonner

Outlets: North Carolina Newsline

Published: April 14, 2026

Words: 789

Last Updated: 3 months, 2 weeks ago

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The state Supreme Court on Tuesday heard arguments that could upend a case about state retiree health benefits that’s more than a decade old, potentially overturning yet another of its own rulings.

Before 2011, state employees who became vested were promised no-cost health care in retirement as part of their benefits package. But in 2011, the state legislature allowed the N.C. State Health Plan to charge retirees health care premiums. A group of retirees sued …

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