Thousands of Medicaid recipients across North Carolina are being denied government-assisted funding for personal-care services. In April 2015, the Division of Medical Assistance changed the requirements for personal-care eligibility.
, the company tasked with approving the program's applicants, has rejected beneficiaries at a rate roughly four times higher than before the changes were implemented.
Host Frank Stasio talks with , staff investigative reporter for Carolina Public Press, about the new eligibility requirements for Medicaid recipients.