Topics Related to Healthcare

Governor Roy Cooper has signed a letter calling on U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra to take additional steps to ensure that all forms of contraception are affordable and accessible.

Today, Governor Roy Cooper and North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kody H. Kinsley celebrated the launch of Medicaid expansion, extending health care coverage to more than 600,000 newly eligible North Carolinians through NC Medicaid.

Governor Roy Cooper and NC Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kody H. Kinsley announced today that DHHS will launch Medicaid Expansion on Dec. 1, 2023, giving more than 600,000 North Carolinians access to health care.

Today, Governor Roy Cooper held a roundtable discussion in Yadkinville to highlight the urgent need to start Medicaid Expansion that has already been agreed to in a strong bipartisan vote of the legislature.

Today, Governor Roy Cooper held a roundtable discussion in Hamlet to highlight the urgent need to start Medicaid Expansion that has already been agreed to in a strong bipartisan vote of the legislature.

Today, Governor Roy Cooper held a roundtable discussion in Williamston to highlight the urgent need to start Medicaid Expansion that has already been agreed to in a strong bipartisan vote of the legislature.

This week, Governor Roy Cooper will embark on a listening tour of rural communities impacted by hospital closures to highlight the urgent need to start Medicaid Expansion that has already been agreed to in a strong bipartisan vote of the legislature.

Republican legislators have gone yet another week without passing a new state budget, separating Medicaid Expansion from the budget so it can start or taking any votes.

Today, Governor Roy Cooper released the following statement on the importance of separating Medicaid Expansion from the state budget:

Governor Roy Cooper has led a group of governors in calling on Congress to protect current levels of funding for and increase recurring federal investment in child care as they develop the budget for Fiscal Year 2024.