Medicaid expansion in North Carolina
Our Catholic tradition affirms that health care is a fundamental right that flows from the sanctity and dignity of human life. The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops and the Catholic Health Association of the United States both support Medicaid expansion as an important and effective policy to ensure that all people have access to health care.
More than 1 million people lack health insurance in North Carolina. North Carolina is one of twelve states that have not expanded Medicaid since the passage of the Affordable Care Act. As a result, many people living in poverty cannot access affordable health insurance.
Medicaid expansion has bipartisan support in both the North Carolina Senate and the North Carolina House of Representatives. The Senate passed a bill approving the immediate expansion of Medicaid, but the House has not approved it, instead recommending further study of the issue. Legislators are actively negotiating this issue this week. Contact your state representative to ask them to support Medicaid expansion in North Carolina, which would allow more than 500,000 low-income North Carolinians to gain access to health care coverage.
More than 1 million people lack health insurance in North Carolina. North Carolina is one of twelve states that have not expanded Medicaid since the passage of the Affordable Care Act. As a result, many people living in poverty cannot access affordable health insurance.
Medicaid expansion has bipartisan support in both the North Carolina Senate and the North Carolina House of Representatives. The Senate passed a bill approving the immediate expansion of Medicaid, but the House has not approved it, instead recommending further study of the issue. Legislators are actively negotiating this issue this week. Contact your state representative to ask them to support Medicaid expansion in North Carolina, which would allow more than 500,000 low-income North Carolinians to gain access to health care coverage.