RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina state government is seeking to rid potentially billions in medical debt from low- and middle-income residents by offering a financial carrot for hospitals to take unpaid bills off the books and to implement policies supporting future patients.
Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper and his health chief unveiled a plan that they want federal Medicaid regulators to approve soon, It would allow roughly 100 hospitals that recently began receiving enhanced federal Medicaid reimbursement funds to get even more money.
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“The weight of medical debt still casts a long shadow.” – NC Governor Roy Cooper
