Jessica Thompson, attorney with the Pacific Legal Foundation, discusses a Greenville bar’s legal challenge against executive orders from Gov. Roy Cooper. Those orders have kept the bar closed since March. Thompson offered these comments during an interview with CarolinaJournal.com.
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Senate Republicans back Medicaid expansion, with health care access reforms
The N.C. General Assembly's Senate leadership announced a health care proposal that includes Medicaid expansion under the federal entitlement program, the Affordable Care Act. The bill contains with work requirements for Medicaid expansion enrollees, and measures bill sponsors say would cut regulations on the healthcare industry that limit the number of providers and facilities. State Medicaid expansion could put more than 600,000 able-bodied, working age adults onto taxpayer-funded healthcare program.