# State-Run Insurance Plans for Foster Kids Leave Some of Them Without Doctors

- URL: https://theranews.net/blog/2026-04-02-state-run-insurance-plans-for-foster-kids-leave-some-of-them-without-doctors-65deff/
- Published: 2026-04-02
- Type: Archive summary (AI-assisted summary of third-party reporting)
- Original outlet: kffhealthnews
- Original report: https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/foster-children-insurance-specialized-medicaid-healthy-blue-north-carolina/
- Topics: health-equity
- Publisher: TheraNews, operated by AdvancedCare USA Inc.
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> North Carolina rolled out a $3.1 billion insurance plan for kids in foster care, but many doctors did not accept patients on the plan. The state is one of several experimenting with a model that has left kids’ guardians scrambling to find health care providers.

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*Originally reported by kffhealthnews. [Read more](https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/foster-children-insurance-specialized-medicaid-healthy-blue-north-carolina/)*

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*Source: [https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/foster-children-insurance-specialized-medicaid-healthy-blue-north-carolina/](https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/foster-children-insurance-specialized-medicaid-healthy-blue-north-carolina/)*