The North Carolina State Health Plan is moving ahead with plans to charge higher premiums in 2026 that vary based on workers’ salaries. The plan’s Board of Trustees approved a plan Friday to ...

“That’s unfortunate because our paychecks already aren’t rising with the cost of inflation.” The self-insured State Health Plan covers 750,000 people across North Carolina, about 8 percent of the ...

The state health plan covers about 750,000 members, and about one-third of those are insured through a K-12 public school employee. President of the North Carolina Association of Educators Tamika ...

For as long as most of us can remember North Carolina’s employee State Health Plan has been troubled ... It has escalated greatly since then. And since 2021, new employees have a tiered ...

North Carolina State Health Plan officials faced pushback from public sector workers during a meeting Friday, as they discussed potential increases to address a looming $500 million deficit.

For as long as most of us can remember, North Carolina’s employee state health plan has been troubled ... It has escalated greatly since then. And since 2021, new employees have a tiered ...

At a meeting on Friday, the North Carolina State Health Plan Board of Trustees discussed potential solutions to address the plan’s projected deficit—$507 million in 2026 and between $800 ...