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medicaid expansion
What’s happening in the legislative session that never ends
It has not been the typical legislative session. Three months into the new fiscal year, North Carolina still doesn’t have a state budget. What it does have is a budget stalemate. ... Keep Reading
No, NC Taxpayers have NOT paid $8.3 billion to expand Medicaid elsewhere
One of the most dangerous – yet persisting – lies out there about Medicaid expansion is that North Carolina is already paying for it in other states. Yes, at this point, ... Keep Reading
Who would really bear the burden of the hospital tax to pay for Medicaid expansion?
Roy Cooper and other advocates want you to believe Medicaid expansion will place no financial burden on North Carolinians Cooper’s own budget proposal, however, recommends using ... Keep Reading
On Medicaid, North Carolina should learn lessons from Louisiana — don’t expand
by Daniel Erspamer and Donald Bryson The ongoing impasse surrounding North Carolina’s budget has at its root Medicaid expansion—Gov. Roy Cooper supports it, while legislators ... Keep Reading
Medicaid expansion: cost is the least of our worries
Fiscally conscious lawmakers are rightfully concerned about the costs of expanding the state’s Medicaid program. Most states that have expanded experience cost overruns within the ... Keep Reading
Medicaid Expansion Resource Page
The driving policy issue for the 2019 legislative session has been whether or not the state government should expand the Medicaid program as provided for under the Affordable Care ... Keep Reading
More Misleading Rhetoric from Medicaid Expansion Advocates
In a recent press conference, Democrat House Reps. Garland Pierce, Charles Graham and Elmer Floyd trotted out some well-worn talking points to advocate for Medicaid ... Keep Reading
Refuting the Wilmington Star’s “Top 12 Reasons N.C. Needs to Expand Medicaid”
On Friday, the Wilmington Star published an editorial listing the "Top 12 Reasons Why N.C. Should Expand Medicaid," from their perspective. All twelve miss the mark, and per ... Keep Reading
The pay gap in women’s soccer, a health executive’s tirade, and the normalization of illiberalism
This week, we dive into the pay gap between men and women, riding on the coattails of the U.S. women's soccer team controversy. Then we turn our attention to the unhinged anger of ... Keep Reading
