North Carolina : Charlotte Observer Newspaper, Editorial Board scolds the Governor and Legislature for not showing leadership in supporting Medicaid Expansion - Republicans voted against letting the Federal Government buy health coverage for a half-million North Carolinians

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What the Federal Government would pay ( $2 billion a year for N. C. ) is much less than the cost for North Carolina if the Medicaid Expansion is rejected. And not counting the loss of Business, Business Competitiveness and prestige for the State.

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The Expansion would be a boon for business. The nonprofit N.C. Institute of Medicine estimates the Medicaid expansion would create 25,000 jobs. It would be especially important for rural hospitals, who struggle to make money while providing free indigent care.

 Beyond the dollars and cents, it produces better health outcomes for the 500,000 low-income North Carolinians who would be newly eligible. Those people will be better suited to join or stay in the workforce.

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Charlotte Observer Newspaper
Editorial Board
Dislike Obamacare? Take Medicaid expansion deal anyway
February 10, 2013


Dislike Obamacare? Take Medicaid expansion deal anyway


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