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After a ruling by
Chief Justice John Roberts that states can opt out of the Medicaid
expansion provisions in the health care reform law, North Carolina is
now poised to do just that.
A Republican measure to prevent major components of the
federal health care law from taking effect in North Carolina
The new
governor had been a wild card after he expressed caution about the fiscal
implications of the legislation and declined for weeks to take a position on
the broader bill, which would prevent the expansion of Medicaid in 2014 to
roughly 500,000 people and prohibit the state from creating an online exchange
for private health insurance.
Hours
after McCrory’s announcement, the measure won easy approval in a House
committee, where Republicans voiced concern about the cost of offering Medicaid
coverage to more North Carolinians and outnumbered Democrats who called the
bill an “attack on the poor.” The full House will consider the legislation
Wednesday, and it could land on the governor’s desk next week.
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Chandra Brown works two jobs but is still unable to afford health insurance. Brown is a diabetic and requires regular doctor visits.
JULI LEONARD — jleonard@newsobserver.com
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And how many of the legislators that voted to deny health care insurance
to low income people have access health care insurance provided by the
government of the state of North Carolina?
100%. And what about the
Governor? Well he was Mayor of Charlotte for many
years. So how long has he had access to
health care insurance provided by government?
Many years.
And what about Chief Justice John Roberts, who has
long been a Federal judge, how does he get health care insurance? That’s right class, full health care
insurance provided by the Federal government.
But hey, if low income people want health insurance
they should be a state legislator or Federal judge. Yeah, that’s the solution.
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