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In December, North Carolina will become the 40th state to expand its Medicaid program, providing health insurance coverage to some 300,000 more low-income workers, many of them for the first time. It has taken the states a decade to reach that milestone, despite generous funding from the federal government under the Affordable Care Act (ACA)…
The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in June to reject another challenge to the Affordable Care Act was widely seen as the final word: the law is here to stay. But it was COVID-19 that underscored how important it is. The federal government said nearly 10 million people signed up for Medicaid health coverage during t…