North Carolina Medicaid Crisis: Nurses and Governor Urge Immediate Action on Funding Stand-Off
By Marge | Published 2025-11-21T18:38:44.396+00:00
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Raleigh -- November 20, 2035: Registered nurses with the National Nurses Organizing Committee-North Carolina (NNOC-NC) have joined Governor Josh Stein in urgently calling for the General Assembly to pass a clean funding bill to address the critical Medicaid crisis gripping the state.
This plea comes as a political stand-off has resulted in drastic Medicaid provider rate cuts—which took effect on October 1, 2025—threatening to dismantle healthcare access for vulnerable patients across North Carolina, especially in rural communities.Despite the Governor's formal proclamation calling for an "Extra Session" on November 17, 2025, to resolve the shortfall, legislative leaders have rejected the call, leaving the harmful cuts in place. The disagreement over fully funding the state’s