Medicaid provides health care coverage to eligible people with low incomes in North Carolina including adults, children, pregnant women, seniors, and people living with disabilities. Medicaid is jointly funded by North Carolina and the federal government and is administered by the state.
Medicaid provides health care coverage to eligible people with low incomes in North Carolina including adults, children, pregnant women, seniors, and people living with disabilities. Medicaid is jointly funded by North Carolina and the federal government and is administered by the state.
States are given flexibility to design their own programs. Each state creates its own health care delivery models, sets eligibility criteria, selects covered services, develops methods for paying providers, and oversees other aspects of Medicaid.1 When designing the details of Medicaid programs, states must comply with federal standards, such as minimum criteria for eligibility and mandatory covered services.