The North Carolina state Senate has approved a bipartisan agreement to expand Medicaid coverage. The proposal could cover more low-income adults and build more health facilities.
A bipartisan agreement to expandto more low-income adults while loosening or ending several regulatory hurdles to building more health care facilities could get its final votes next week after clearing the Senate on Wednesday.
Senators voted 44-2 to complete its approval of legislation that would direct state health officials to accept Medicaid coverage provided for in the Affordable Care Act. The margin was nearly identical to Tuesday's initial vote in the chamber. The measure now moves to the House, where it will be voted on next week at the earliest, said Rep. Donny Lambeth, a Forsyth County Republican and negotiator on the expansion agreement between House and Senate Republicans two weeks ago.
Roy Cooper, governor of North Carolina, speaks in Charlotte, North Carolina, on, July 21, 2022. Cooper is a longtime Medicaid expansion advocate.The bill, once given final approval, will be sent to
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