Sally Pipes, president and CEO of the Pacific Research Institute, explains why conservatives should support a “personal option” for addressing health care access. Pipes also urges North Carolina to steer clear of Medicaid expansion.
Pacific Research Institute’s Sally Pipes touts health care ‘personal option,’ blasts Medicaid expansion
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