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New Medicaid expansion pitch surfaces in N. Carolina House

FILE - North Carolina House Speaker Tim Moore confers with Principal Clerk James White on Wednesday, July 8, 2020 at the General Assembly in Raleigh, N.C. Republicans in the North Carolina General Assembly apparently aren't through talking this legislative session about a path toward expanding Medicaid to hundreds of thousands of additional low-income adults. A House committee scheduled debate Thursday, June 23, 2022 on a new measure that would direct the state health department to develop a “Medicaid Modernization Plan” that would include covering individuals targeted by the 2010 Affordable Care Act. (Robert Willett/The News & Observer via AP) FILE - House Speaker Tim Moore speaks as Gov. Roy Cooper looks on during a briefing on North Carolina's coronavirus pandemic response Monday, May 4, 2020 at the NC Emergency Operations Center in Raleigh. Republicans in the North Carolina General Assembly apparently aren't through talking this legislative session about a path toward expanding Medicaid to hundreds of thousands of additional low-income adults. A House committee scheduled debate Thursday, June 23, 2022 on a new measure that would direct the state health department to develop a “Medicaid Modernization Plan” that would include covering individuals targeted by the 2010 Affordable Care Act. (Travis Long/The News & Observer via AP)
New Medicaid expansion pitch surfaces in N. Carolina House