By Jaymie Baxley After three years at the helm, Jay Ludlam is stepping down as director of North Carolina’s Medicaid program. Ludlam’s tenure included North Carolina’s expansion of Medicaid, a decade-in-the-making endeavor that has given more than 710,000 low-income residents access to coverage since December 2023. As of February, people who joined the rolls through […]
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Jaymie Baxley is an award-winning reporter covering rural health and Medicaid for NC Health News. A lifelong North Carolinian, he previously worked at The Pilot in Moore County, The Robesonian in Robeson County and The Daily Courier in Rutherford County. Reach him at jbaxley at northcarolinahealthnews.org
