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. 2024 Mar;85(2):85-88.
doi: 10.18043/001c.94840.

From Continuous Coverage to Medicaid Expansion: North Carolina's Changing Public Payer Landscape

Shannon Dowler  1
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From Continuous Coverage to Medicaid Expansion: North Carolina's Changing Public Payer Landscape

Shannon Dowler. N C Med J. 2024 Mar.
Free article

Abstract

During the COVID-19 pandemic, people who may have otherwise lost Medicaid coverage kept it without the need to reapply annually. In 2023, this continuous coverage began to unwind just as North Carolina prepared to expand Medicaid. This issue of the North Carolina Medical Journal tracks the evolution of the state's public payer landscape in unprecedented times of change, with data, analysis, and personal experiences from public health, philanthropy, clinicians, and Medicaid members.

Keywords: Medicaid expansion; NC Medicaid; North Carolina; North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services; Shannon Dowler; health care; health policy; public health.

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Conflict of interest statement

Acknowledgments: S.D. served as Chief Medical Officer of NC Medicaid at the time of this writing and her guest editorship of this issue of the North Carolina Medical Journal. No further interests were disclosed.

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