Medicaid Expansion Just Got Overwhelming Approval From Republicans In This Key State

The North Carolina state House of Representatives on Thursday morning overwhelmingly approved an expansion of the state’s Medicaid program that would make health insurance available to roughly 600,000 additional low-income residents. The 87-to-24 vote by the Republican-majority chamber comes a week after the state Senate, also under GOP control, voted for the bill by an even wider margin. Now it heads to Gov. Roy Cooper, a Democrat who has championed Medicaid expansion since first running for office in 2016. North Carolina would be the 40th state, in addition to the...