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Older and disabled Medicaid recipients, advocates ‘extraordinarily worried’ about potential Medicaid cuts 

NC Health News

In eight of North Carolinas 14 congressional districts, at least 26 percent of the population is enrolled in Medicaid, according to data from the health policy organization KFF. The program that Barker relies on is an optional service, not one required by federal Medicaid, said Brannock. Mark Holmes, director of the Cecil G.