Latest maneuvering on North Carolina budget, casinos could end with Medicaid expansion going down

by GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press

Tue, September 19th 2023, 6:58 PM UTC

FILE - North Carolina state Rep. Donny Lambeth, R-Forsyth, speaks to reporters following the House Health Committee meeting at the Legislative Office Building in Raleigh, N.C., on Feb. 14, 2023. An agreement to expand Medicaid in the state neared final legislative approval Wednesday, March 22, 2023, as the House agreed to a bipartisan plan to ease or eliminate regulations that block the opening of new hospital beds or operating expensive equipment. Lambeth was a negotiator of the expansion bill. (AP Photos/Gary D. Robertson, File)

FILE - The North Carolina General Assembly could soon be done wrestling with legislation this year, but that doesn't mean they'll pin down a broad budget law or path forward on Medicaid expansion (Photo credit: WLOS Archives)

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FILE - FEB. 17, 2023 - Two days after the North Carolina House passed House Bill 76, which would greatly expand Medicaid eligibility in the state, Pisgah Legal Services Executive Director Jim Barrett said about 600,000 North Carolinians would benefit from this expansion, should the N.C. Senate also pass the bill. (Photo courtesy: North Carolina General Assembly)

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