Immigrant Seniors Lose Medicare Coverage Despite Paying for It

MINNEAPOLIS, April 6, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Sagent Behavioral Health ("Sagent") announced the appointment of Shawna Gisch as Chief Executive Officer effective April 6, succeeding Mark Peterson, who will continue to serve on the company's Board of Directors. Gisch brings more than two...

Gov. Josh Stein last week applauded the work of the recently opened ECU Health Behavioral Health Hospital in Greenville for bringing needed mental health care to people in eastern North Carolina.

Rosa María Carranza has worked and paid taxes for more than two decades, but a provision in the GOP's One Big Beautiful Bill Act will make her and an estimated 100,000 other lawfully present immigrant seniors ineligible for Medicare. Now Carranza's once secure retirement is in question.

Gov. Josh Stein this week applauded the work of the recently opened ECU Health Behavioral Health Hospital for bringing needed mental health care to people in eastern North Carolina.