Congressman Davis’ Statement on Medicaid Expansion
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Don Davis (NC-01) released the following statement after North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper signed into law H.B. 76, legislation that expands Medicaid and provides for rural hospitals:
"After more than a decade, today's bill signing will provide much-needed health insurance for nearly 100,000 eastern North Carolinians," said Congressman Davis. "I join the residents of North Carolina's First District in expressing gratitude for ensuring the stability and well-being of our hardworking families and rural hospitals. As a co-chair of the State Medicaid Expansion Caucus, I will continue leading the charge in Congress to expand Medicaid across the country to guarantee everyone has access to the lifesaving care they deserve."
Key provisions of House Bill 76:
- Provides low-income North Carolinians who earn less than 133 percent of the Federal Poverty Level (FPL) with greater access to health care options.
- Utilizes federal Healthcare Access and Stabilization Program (HASP) funds to help reenergize rural hospitals.
- It takes effect if the General Assembly agrees on a budget and the federal government provides a consistent 90% federal matching rate.
For this legislation to remain the law of the land, the governor and the state legislature must agree on the state budget. Americans in the Medicaid coverage gap are non-elderly, low-income adults who earn too much to qualify for Medicaid but too little to afford private health insurance. Bipartisan majorities in thirty-nine states, most recently Louisiana, South Dakota, and Missouri, have expanded Medicaid.
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