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Possible Outcomes Of North Carolina Turning Down Medicaid Expansion

WUNC | By Hady Mawajdeh,

Published August 28, 2014 at 12:17 PM EDT

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Lawmakers in North Carolina decided to not to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act.

The expansion would have covered an additional 400,000 people in the state. Some hospitals are now facing possible layoffs and others might close down entirely. A new report shows the state might lose $51 billion over the next 10 years. Host Frank Stasio speaks with Asheville Citizen-Timesreporter Jon Ostendorff about the decision and the potential repercussions.

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Hady Mawajdeh

Hady Mawajdeh is a native Texan, born and raised in San Antonio. He listened to Fresh Air growing up and fell in love with public radio. He earned his B.A. in Mass Communication at Texas State University and specialized in electronic media. He worked at NPR affiliate stations KUT and KUTX in Austin, Texas as an intern, producer, social media coordinator, and a late-night deejay.

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Frank Stasio

Longtime NPR correspondent Frank Stasio was named permanent host of The State of Things in June 2006. A native of Buffalo, Frank has been in radio since the age of 19. He began his public radio career at WOI in Ames, Iowa, where he was a magazine show anchor and the station's News Director.

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