by Thomas Mills | Jan 14, 2020 | Editor's Blog, Medicaid
Last week, the Republicans in the Kansas legislature reached an agreement with the Democratic governor to expand Medicaid. Today, the North Carolina legislature goes back into session. Maybe we could see a similar agreement here. If the agreement goes through,...
by Thomas Mills | Aug 26, 2019 | Editor's Blog, Medicaid
The budget standoff continues this week. Republicans in the legislature are still waiting for an opportunity to override Governor Roy Cooper’s veto. Democrats, though, are standing firm. The budget really reflects the values of the two parties. Democrats believe the...
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...
by Kirk Kovach | Jul 22, 2019 | Issues, Medicaid
Today in the News & Observer, an op-ed ran criticizing the Democrats’ apparent schemes to expand the size of government for no good reason. The piece begins: The Democrats’ plan for Medicaid expansion in North Carolina is not just bad policy, it is also...
by Thomas Mills | Jul 8, 2019 | Editor's Blog, Medicaid, Politics
Today, the legislature is scheduled to vote to override Governor Roy Cooper’s veto of the budget. However, the vote is inextricably tied to Medicaid expansion. Before session began, Cooper said that expanding Medicaid is his top legislative priority and an aide told...
by Thomas Mills | Sep 24, 2015 | Editor's Blog, Medicaid |
Republicans couldn’t have found a better target than Medicaid. It’s everything they hate—a huge government program that serves poor people and is administered by a nonprofit instead of private sector. Unfortunately, it was also working extremely well. Community Care...
