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On Medicaid expansion, don’t let the perfect get in the way of the good

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...

Perspective: Medicaid Expansion with Graig Meyer

by Kirk Kovach | Aug 8, 2019 | Health Care, NC Politics, PODCAST

Graig Meyer joins the conversation to discuss Medicaid Expansion and the state of the North Carolina budget negotiations. Q: Do you see any legitimate downsides to Medicaid Expansion? A: No. Kirk KovachKirk Kovach is a native North Carolinian interested in writing...

GOP Healthcare Policy at Odds with Itself on Medicaid Expansion

by Derek Scott | Aug 7, 2019 | Budget, Health Care, Medicaid, North Carolina, Politics

The battle over North Carolina’s 2019-20 and 2020-21 budgets is currently raging a month into overtime. The crux of that fight is, of course, Medicaid expansion. Along the way it has been portrayed by opponents as a liberal hobby horse, a pet project, the most...

Medicaid Expansion: Now, Not Later

by Kirk Kovach | Jul 2, 2019 | Health Care, The Kovach Corner

Then-candidate Roy Cooper made Medicaid expansion a key plank in his list of issues. Now, two years into his tenure, is the first real opportunity to do it. With Democrats clawing back a handful of seats both in the House and Senate last year, Republicans no longer...

Folwell, House GOP face off

by Kirk Kovach | Mar 28, 2019 | Health Care, The Kovach Corner

A few weeks ago I wrote about the simmering battle between the uber-conservative State Treasurer Dale Folwell and his Republican compatriots in the legislature. One might assume that they would be lockstep in their goals, but then one would be incorrect. HB184 is...

The Healthcare Vote That Republicans Missed in the Midterms

by Lance Tarrance | Jan 5, 2019 | Health Care, Politics, Polling

A note from Walt de Vries: V. Lance Tarrance is a Gallup Polling Analyst and Member of their Board of Directors. Lance and I have been colleagues for over 50 year and have co-authored two books on ticket-spitting. Lance’s piece looks at what I believe...