House Bill 696, which passed the North Carolina legislature in April, preserved North Carolina’s Medicaid expansion and protected healthcare coverage for 700,000 enrolled residents.
But, recently, faith leaders and advocates warned that provisions in the bill will strip healthcare from tens of thousands of immigrant children and pregnant women — and raise copay costs for lower income North Carolinians — if lawmakers don’t act.
Cardinal & Pine spoke with Greensboro resident Jane Foy, who helped deliver a letter to Speaker of the House Destin Hall and Senate Pro Tempore Phil Berger, urging them to protect healthcare access and limit cost increases.
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