Governor Cooper Takes Action to Lessen the Burden of Medical Debt for North Carolinians
July 02, 2024
July 02, 2024
RALEIGH, North Carolina, July 2 -- Gov. Roy Cooper, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on July 1, 2024:
Today, North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper and the NC Department of Health and Human Services announced new actions leveraging the state's Medicaid program that will encourage hospitals to relieve a potential $4 billion in existing medical debt for approximately two million low and middle-income North Carolinians and ease the burden of medical debt in the future.
Today, North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper and the NC Department of Health and Human Services announced new actions leveraging the state's Medicaid program that will encourage hospitals to relieve a potential $4 billion in existing medical debt for approximately two million low and middle-income North Carolinians and ease the burden of medical debt in the future.