NC Medicaid leaders seek funding strategy as federal work requirements — and their costs

NC Medicaid leaders seek funding strategy as federal work requirements — and their costs

By Jaymie Baxley The clock is ticking for lawmakers in North Carolina — the only state in the nation without an approved budget — to settle on a plan to cover rising administrative costs for Medicaid. That was the key takeaway from a presentation that Melanie Bush, assistant secretary for NC Medicaid, gave earlier this month to members of the state legislature’s oversight committee that examines what’s happening with the entitlement program.  If…