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Video: NC Republicans could fully fund Medicaid if they wanted to, NC Dems says


NC Rep. Phil Rubin, a Wake County Democrat, spoke with Cardinal & Pine last month as lawmakers had a chance to return to session and do something about Medicaid funding.

Both the NC House and Senate have passed unanimous bills that would fill a Medicaid funding gap and end the stateโ€™s cuts to Medicaid providers. But disagreements between Destin Hall, the Republican House speaker, and Phil Berger, the Senate majority leader, derailed passage.

NC Rep. Phil Rubin, a Wake County Democrat, spoke with Cardinal & Pine last month as lawmakers had a chance to return to session and do something about the problem. Democrats showed up. Republicans did not.

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