by Thomas Mills | Sep 20, 2023 | Editor's Blog |
Under pressure from both parties, the Republican leadership released their hostage yesterday afternoon. Medicaid will pass this session. Casinos won’t. After months of delay, the GOP has a budget that will likely get the governor’s signature. The hold up was an...
by Thomas Mills | Jul 3, 2022 | Editor's Blog |
As the General Assembly adjourns for the summer, a lot of the focus is on what the legislature hasn’t done. They didn’t expand Medicaid. They didn’t legalize medical marijuana. They didn’t legalize online gambling. But those takes are wrong. The focus should be on...
by Thomas Mills | Jun 8, 2022 | Editor's Blog |
If you didn’t know better, you would think Democrats were running the North Carolina Senate. The body passed Medicaid expansion earlier in the session and passed a bill legalizing medical marijuana this week. Both bills will likely get stymied in the House this year,...
by Thomas Mills | Sep 20, 2019 | Editor's Blog, Health Care
North Carolina is on the verge of a major political breakthrough. The state House is poised to pass a Medicaid expansion bill. Republicans call the bill NC Health Care for Working Families and deny that it’s real Medicaid expansion. If they can pass it, let them keep...
by Thomas Mills | Feb 6, 2019 | Editor's Blog
Here’s my prediction for the legislative session: North Carolina will expand Medicaid this year. Roy Cooper is set on it and Republican opposition is concentrated most fervently in the leadership, not the rank and file. It has broad support among the voters and much...
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