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Senate Could Send Medicaid Reform To House Today
RALEIGH — The Senate on Monday night gave preliminary approval to House Bill 372, the Medicaid Transformation Act, by a 38-10 vote after a dispute over rules and decorum and a testy debate over whether this legislation would make expansion of Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act more likely. The bill would allow large insurance companies to create managed care organizations that would compete with doctors and hospitals for Medicaid patients.