If Gov. Roy Cooper (D) signs the bill as expected, North Carolina would join 39 states and the District of Columbia in expanding Medicaid eligibility for low-income adults.

The plan would end the United Network for Organ Sharing's virtual monopoly by inviting other organizations to participate in the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network.

Only a handful of states have lingering mandates requiring the use of masks in hospitals, meaning most healthcare facilities are free to once again make their own rules on PPE.

UnitedHealth spent $100 million to integrate Change Healthcare into its fast-growing OptumInsight arm last year.