Jaymie Baxley
Rural Health and Medicaid Reporter at North Carolina Health News
Reporter and lifelong North Cackalackian covering rural health and Medicaid for @nchealthnews. Previously: The Pilot, The Robesonian and The Daily Courier.
Articles
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1 week ago |
northcarolinahealthnews.org | Jaymie Baxley
A federal proposal to impose a work requirement on Medicaid recipients could have far-reaching consequences for North Carolinians who rely on the government-funded health insurance program.
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3 weeks ago |
northcarolinahealthnews.org | Grace Vitaglione |Jaymie Baxley
In 2022, Christina Schnabel was a single mom in Hendersonville barely making ends meet. She lived in public housing and made do with help from services like Medicaid and SNAP. Her son suffered from chronic gastrointestinal symptoms. That changed after she started volunteering with a local nonprofit called Caja Solidaria. The organization was one of the community partners in the Healthy Opportunities Pilot, a Medicaid program that tackled nonmedical health needs of low-income North Carolinians.
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3 weeks ago |
qcitymetro.com | Rose Hoben |Grace Vitaglione |Jaymie Baxley
The Healthy Opportunities Pilot, a Medicaid program that addressed the nonmedical health needs of low-income North Carolinians, will cease operations July 1, according to an announcement obtained by NC Health News. The first-in-the-nation effort that has drawn national attention and praise was launched in 2022 and has provided assistance to across three largely rural regions of the state.
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3 weeks ago |
northcarolinahealthnews.org | Jaymie Baxley |Rose Hoban |Grace Vitaglione
The Healthy Opportunities Pilot, a Medicaid program that addressed the nonmedical health needs of low-income North Carolinians, will cease operations July 1, according to an announcement obtained by NC Health News. The first-in-the-nation effort that has drawn national attention and praise was launched in 2022 and has provided assistance to across three largely rural regions of the state.
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1 month ago |
northcarolinahealthnews.org | Jaymie Baxley
The possibility of North Carolinians who depend on Medicaid being subject to a work requirement to keep their coverage has grown more plausible with the U.S. House of Representatives’ passage of a GOP-backed budget bill that includes the measure.
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I spoke with NC Local about how reporters can help their communities understand changes to Medicaid. Check out the latest issue to see what I had to say! https://t.co/xIYh7szLxP
There’s growing evidence that N.C.’s groundbreaking Healthy Opportunities Pilot, which helps low-income residents access food, transportation and housing support in rural parts of the state, is improving health and saving money. It’s about to be shut down. https://t.co/ulNkq5xPfS
“I’ve cried more in meetings in the last three weeks than I’ve ever cried in my life,” said Sally Herndon, the furloughed head of the state’s Tobacco Prevention and Control Branch. https://t.co/J1Ch6ElEgg