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24 <br /> 1 Slide#3 <br /> Background: Medicaid in Orange County <br /> Medicaid Recipients by Category <br /> • There are currently(February 2025) <br /> 21,367 Orange County residents xz% <br /> receiving Medicaid <br /> • Medicaid currently covers pregnancy <br /> through end-of-life care <br /> • North Carolina's Medicaid program "%' <br /> covers several optional services in <br /> addition to federally mandated <br /> coverage and is considered excellent <br /> health insurance <br /> • $170,400,638.46 in Medicaid <br /> expenditures for Orange County <br /> residents in SFY2024 •�'e a; „mese, <br /> •EnpaM W M„�i- <br /> 2 dO8 f1E•�ME]MfSS <br /> 3 Lindsey Shewmaker said that over half of the recipients are children. OWL <br /> 4 <br /> 5 Slide #4 <br /> Expanded Medicaid in Orange County <br /> • Social Services began taking applications for expanded Medicaid(MXP)on December <br /> 1,2023 <br /> • Orange County DSS hired 9 additional staff to manage the new program <br /> • There were a large number of initial applications that staff worked hard to process <br /> • By the end of December 2024,4,603 Orange County residents were covered by the <br /> new,expanded Medicaid program(MXP).This is 86%of the estimated enrollment in <br /> Orange County in Year1 <br /> J <br /> 6 i5 <br /> 7 <br /> 8 <br />