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Gov. Roy Cooper is wrapping up his final weeks in office, and he made a farewell speech Wednesday in his home county.

As he prepares to leave office, Gov. Roy Cooper reflects on his signature policy achievement: Medicaid expansion.

Advanced practice nurses have been trying to gain more independence from physicians for decades, but the legislative obstacles are high.

More than 500,000 North Carolina residents have enrolled in state's Medicaid expansion program in the seven months since it was launched.

Under a new federal rule, home health care providers in North Carolina will be required to put most of the money they receive from Medicaid toward workers’ wages.

Even as Medicaid expansion has provided more low-income adults and their children access to oral health care, many dentists are not accepting them as patients.

The number of people who have enrolled in Medicaid in North Carolina since expansion began in December is now over 310,000. Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper offered that figure on Wednesday while at a Raleigh event with the nation’s chief Medicaid regulator to talk about expansion and those getting other subsidized insurance offered through the Affordable Care Act.

State authorities say they’re getting complaints from consumers about health plans they never signed up for and bills for medical equipment they never used. These scams can be detrimental to the legal status of immigrant residents.

Medicaid expansion goes live in North Carolina today, opening up the government-run health insurance program to hundreds of thousands of low income adults.

Increased reimbursement for psychiatrists, psychologists, counselors, substance use treatment professionals and others may lead more of them to accept Medicaid — expanding access to care for state residents.