With federal cuts looming, hundreds of thousands in North Carolina at risk of losing Medicaid coverage

Despite U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis’ best efforts, hundreds of thousands of North Carolina’s poorest will lose health care coverage under a proposed federal budget package, the state’s health department said. More still would no longer receive help covering grocery bills. Why it matters: The latest version of the "big, beautiful bill," as President Trump has called it, slashes food and…