North Carolina General Assembly gives final approval to $319M in Medicaid funding

By: Brandon Kingdollar

Outlets: North Carolina Newsline

Published: April 28, 2026

Words: 849

Last Updated: 3 months ago

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North Carolina lawmakers approved final passage of $319 million in Medicaid funding to keep the state program afloat after months of uncertainty. It now heads to Democratic Gov. Josh Stein’s desk for his signature.

The funding bill passed nearly unanimously in the House and Senate, with three Democratic lawmakers voting against it in each chamber, citing misgivings over provisions in the bill they said would deny Medicaid coverage to 27,000 pregnant women and their …

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