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According to a study published in February by researchers at the University of North Carolina Chapel-Hill, the state’s Health Opportunities Pilot (HOP) is lowering Medicaid costs.
Johanna F. Still / The Assembly
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On today’s show, host Rachel Keith talks about the groundbreaking Healthy Opportunities Pilot—one of the first in the country—where some Medicaid recipients get assistance for food, rent and utilities, and counseling for interpersonal violence or toxic stress needs. Service providers helping these people get reimbursements from the HOP program.
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