NC Medicaid expansion wins approval from Senate committee
The Senate Health Committee approved the bill expanding Medicaid in North Carolina that includes changes to the state certificate of need law that Republican senators want.
The bill details the agreement that Republican House and Senate leaders announced last week.
The expansion part of the bill would be void if there’s not a new state budget in place by June 30.
Depending on the timing of the legislature’s budget deliberations, the provision could push Gov. Roy Cooper, a Democrat, to sign a budget he doesn’t like. Medicaid expansion is a goal Cooper has worked for his entire administration.
In his State of the State address Monday, Cooper told legislators not to wait. The extra months mean people will go without healthcare and the state and hospitals will lose federal healthcare money, he said.
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