Medicaid expansion in North Carolina will launch Dec. 1. Gov. Roy Cooper and his administration's top health official announced the start date on Monday.
removed North Carolina from the list of 11 states that at the time hadn’t accepted expansion. The law required a budget to be approved before expansion could be implemented.
It appeared Republicans had enough support to override any Cooper veto. Rather than signing the budget bill into law, Cooper announced minutesthat he would let the bill become law without signature. That means the budget will be enacted Oct. 3. Through expansion, adults age 19-64 get coverage even if they make too much to qualify for traditional Medicaid but too little to receive even heavily subsidized private insurance. For example, a single person who makes up to about $20,000 or someone in a family of three that makes $34,000 would benefit.
To those benefitting from expansion, Kinsley said, “I have one final message: We’ve got you covered.”
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