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A decade after the federal government began offering expanded Medicaid coverage in states that opted to accept it, hundreds of thousands of adults in North Carolina are set to receive benefits, a development that boosters say will aid hospitals and local economies in addition to the long-term uninsured.

North Carolina elected officials agreed this year to expand Medicaid, which will provide the government-funded health insurance to adults ages 19 to 64 who make too much money to receive traditional Medicaid but generally not enough to benefit from public subsidies available for private health insurance. The federal government will pay 90% of the cost, as stipulated under the 2010 Affordable Care Act.

More than 600,000 North Carolinians are ultimately expected to qualify, with roughly half to be automatically enrolled as of Friday. That means they’ll be able to get annual checkups, prescription drugs and other services with little or no out-of-pocket expenses.

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[–] GiddyGap@lemm.ee 6 points 11 months ago

Enact universal healthcare, America. There's a reason why no developed country in the world is trying to imitate your healthcare insurance system.

[–] SamsonSeinfelder@feddit.de 5 points 11 months ago

The metrics must be crazy of people who will receive this aid, and then go and vote GOP. How many videos have I seen with MAGAs hating on Obamacare and Medicaid, and one Minute later telling how they rely on it for some illness. I would have headaches for days acting in that dissonance.

[–] xc2215x@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

A good move from North Carolina here.

[–] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 2 points 11 months ago

What happened in NC to make them change their minds about the Medicaid expansion?