Democrats Push For Medicaid Expansion

RALEIGH — Medicaid expansion is an outgrowth of Obamacare. The federal government offered to pay 100 percent of the costs of newly enrolled Medicaid patients for the first three years in the states that expanded their eligibility, with the reimbursement rate shrinking gradually to 90 percent by 2020. But several analysts note that the Obama administration has altered the law in the past, so it's possible funding promises could be abandoned, too.