Mitch Kokai, John Locke Foundation senior political analyst, discusses N.C. Senate leader Phil Berger’s decision to support Medicaid expansion. Kokai offered these comments during the May 27, 2022, edition of Spectrum News 1’s “Capital Tonight.”
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