The Healthy Opportunities Pilot, a Medicaid program that addressed the nonmedical health needs of low-income North Carolinians, will cease operations July 1, according to an announcement obtained by NC Health News.

The first-in-the-nation effort that has drawn national attention and praise was launched in 2022 and has provided assistance to nearly 30,000 people across three largely rural regions of the state. Beneficiaries received deliveries of food, rides to doctor’s appointments and other services designed to combat the social, economic and geographic factors that keep people on Medicaid from getting and staying healthy.

An independent evaluation delivered to lawmakers this past winter also showed that the program was starting to save money on some of the more expensive beneficiaries

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