July 17, 2015
By Taylor Knopf,
RALEIGH– Advocates came together on Thursday to urge Governor McCrory to expand Medicaid in North Carolina. McCrory has expressed interest in expanding Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act, but has said that expansion needs more data analysis from states that have done it.
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Thursday, Joan Alker, executive director of Georgetown Center for Children and Families, shared the recent findings of a report by her organization. She said that 27 percent of those who would immediately gain coverage with Medicaid expansion would be parents – two-thirds of whom are employed – with up to two school-age children.
“The reason why this is so important to families and children in particular, is that when one member of the family in uninsured, the whole family is at risk of economic ruin,” Alker said. “Medical debt is the leading cause of bankruptcy.”
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