N. Carolina legislators reach Medicaid expansion deal
Associated PressRALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina legislative leaders announced Thursday an agreement to expand Medicaid to hundreds of thousands of additional low-income adults through the Affordable Care Act. What a huge policy direction this is that will provide help for so many in this state, but it’s going to do it in a way that’s fiscally responsible.” Expansion gained momentum last year when the GOP-controlled state House and Senate approved, with strong bipartisan support, competing legislation addressing it, but they failed to reach a deal. He tweeted that the agreement “is a monumental step that will save lives” but wants it effective immediately to tap into more federal funds, making “sure we leverage the money that will save our rural hospitals and invest in mental health.” Even if the law is approved this spring, Moore and Berger said it wouldn’t be effective until a separate state budget is enacted, likely by the early summer. A turning point came last spring when Berger explained his switch to supporting it, adding at the time: “If there’s a person in the state of North Carolina that has spoken out against Medicaid expansion more than I have, I’d like to meet that person.” Democratic legislative leaders and Attorney General Josh Stein, a Democrat seeking to succeed Cooper as governor, praised Thursday’s news. But Donald Bryson with the conservative John Locke Foundation, which opposes expansion, said the GOP’s “course reversal on Medicaid expansion is hugely disappointing.” North Carolina currently has 2.9 million Medicaid recipients.
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