Republican leaders of North Carolina's state legislature on Thursday reached an agreement on how to expand the state's Medicaid program, after years of blocking the policy.
If the latest plan becomes law as expected, hundreds of thousands of the state's poorest residents would receive health care coverage. And it would bring to 40 the number of statesDriving the news:
North Carolina Senate President Pro Tempore Phil Berger and House Speaker Tim Moore announced the deal Thursday morning, saying the proposal will significantly reform the state's certificate-of-need laws, which restrict the growth of new health care facilities.The current draft of the legislation specifies that Medicaid expansion would become effective when the state budget is signed into law, giving Republicans leverage over Democratic Gov.
But Arkansas and South Dakota are considering plans to impose work requirements on some Medicaid recipients.
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