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This week in NC politics: Medicaid expansion in the Old North State

WUNC | By Jeff Tiberii
Published March 24, 2023 at 3:23 PM EDT
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This week the North Carolina state legislature passed Medicaid expansion. The passage came exactly on the 13 anniversary of the passage of the Affordable Care Act and after 39 other states passed expansion.

During this Week in State Politics, host Jeff Tiberii speaks with Rob Schofield, Director of NC Policy Watch and Clark Riemer, Chief of Staff to Rep. Jason Saine, about the politics it took to get to this point, what it will take to get expansion implemented, and what it means for North Carolina going forward.

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Jeff Tiberii
Jeff Tiberii is the co-host of WUNC's "Due South." Jeff joined WUNC in 2011. During his 20 years in public radio, he was Morning Edition Host at WFDD and WUNC’s Greensboro Bureau Chief and later, the Capitol Bureau Chief. Jeff has covered state and federal politics, produced the radio documentary “Right Turn,” launched a podcast, and was named North Carolina Radio Reporter of the Year four times.
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