J. Scott Moody, CEO and chief economist of State Budget Solutions, discusses the potential long-term negative economic impact of Medicaid expansion in North Carolina. Moody offered these comments during a March 23, 2015, speech for the John Locke Foundation’s Shaftesbury Society. To watch full-length presentations of JLF events, click here.
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