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Oct. 16, 2023

North Carolina State Plan Approved to Expand Medicaid Coverage

By Cara N. Ludwig

On Oct. 12, 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) approved the North Carolina State Plan Amendment to expand Medicaid coverage to additional adult groups. CMS confirmed the effective date of the expansion as Dec. 1, 2023, with an estimated 300,000 adults expected to be enrolled automatically. Those who are not automatically enrolled can work with their respective county social services offices or visit the newly added Department of Health and Human Services website for updates and more information on expansion and enrollment.

The authors of this blog have provided this information as an update to a previous post, which you can read here.