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24 <br /> 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 z� <br /> receiving Medicaid <br /> • Medicaid currently covers pregnancy <br /> through end-of-life care <br /> • North Carolina's Medicaid program 4° <br /> covers several optional services in <br /> addition to federally mandated <br /> coverage and is considered excellent <br /> health insurance <br /> $170,400,638.46in Medicaid e% <br /> expenditures for Orange County <br /> residents in SFY2024 21 a1 ,hosae�W <br /> �mhR nng re <br /> •EµaMeG Medxad <br /> 0M <br /> [IEP�¢M OF <br /> SOCLILS£RV[CES <br /> Lindsey Shewmaker said that over half of the recipients are children. <br /> 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 /> v •• <br /> ptp,E�EMOF <br /> SOCIw SFANCI+S <br />