Medicaid Expansion: A Boulevard of Broken Dreams for North Carolina
Twelve states continue to stand strong against the pressure to expand Medicaid to able-bodied populations at the expense of the truly needy. North Carolina is one such state.
But pressure is mounting to ignore the lessons learned by 38 other states—that Medicaid expansion is a boulevard of broken dreams. It is now well-documented that expansion will only serve to hurt low-income North Carolinians by forcing people off private plans, crowding out essential services in the budget, and making Medicaid waiting lists even longer.
Learn more about why Medicaid expansion is a bad deal for North Carolina below.