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Commentary NC Senate leader Phil Berger in a 2016 file photo. A NC teacher says Berger and House Speaker Tim Moore have overseen a punishing decade for public education. She's calling on North Carolinians to vote as if their schools are at stake. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)
Commentary NC Republicans Have Lost on Medicaid Expansion. They Just Don’t Know It Yet.

A decade after rejecting Medicaid expansion's in health care for low-income people, the GOP remains opposed, even if most in NC are not.

Billy Ball Billy Ball September 17, 2020 4:02 pm EDT
Coronavirus Medical personnel handle test samples at a community coronavirus testing site operated by Cone Health and the county Health Department in Burlington, N.C. in July. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)
Coronavirus 20 Percent of NC Adults Lack Health Insurance. Are Lawmakers Helping?

The coronavirus has exacerbated NC’s healthcare crisis, but the major roadblocks to Medicaid expansion in the state Senate remain.

Billy Ball Billy Ball August 26, 2020 11:43 am EDT
Coronavirus A new report says coronavirus-related unemployment leaves 1 in 5 North Carolinians without health insurance.
Coronavirus ‘There Is No Safety Net’: New Report Says 1 in 5 North Carolinians Now Without Health Insurance During Coronavirus Pandemic

A record number of people, including nearly 240,000 in NC, have no health insurance after losing their jobs during coronavirus' economic carnage.

Sarah Ovaska Sarah Ovaska July 20, 2020 12:29 pm EDT
Coronavirus State Sen. Phil Berger speaks on the Senate floor in 2016. Medicaid expansion has re-emerged behind the scenes in the NC House, but Berger's chamber remains quiet. (AP Photo/Ben McKeown)
Coronavirus NC Medicaid Expansion Is Back. But The Senate Isn’t Talking About It.

With the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic leaving more than a million North Carolinians jobless, the debate over Medicaid expansion is back.

Jennifer Bringle Jennifer Bringle June 8, 2020 4:47 pm EDT

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North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper speaks at a news conference to unveil his two-year budget proposal at the Administration Building in Raleigh, N.C., on Wednesday, March 15, 2023. Cooper's spending plan would grow by well over 20% compared to this year's spending levels, including large raises for teachers and state employees and public education funding boosts to comply with the results of long-running litigation over education inequities. (AP Photo/Gary D. Robertson) Education Republican Bills Would Drop ‘Atomic Bomb’ on Public Schools, Gov. Cooper Says
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