Medicaid is about to end in NC for thousands of refugees

By: Lynn Bonner

Outlets: North Carolina Newsline

Published: September 29, 2026

Words: 525

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 3 days ago

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Starting Oct. 1, about 14,000 people living in North Carolina who were admitted to the United States for humanitarian reasons will no longer have comprehensive health insurance coverage through Medicaid.

The provision ending most Medicaid coverage for refugees and people granted asylum was in the giant bundle of safety net and tax cuts Congress approved last year in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.

The state Department of Health and …

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