It is my hope that North Carolinians make sure Gov. Pat McCrory is a one term governor. He is going to run this state to the ground. His policies are wrong for North Carolina and the Middle class. Not embracing Medicaid expansion is a fatal decision for the state's economy. What do you think of Bev Perdue now? HUGE MISTAKE.

As much as I am against medicaid stopping it will only hurt hospitals and EMS. These people do not care, they will continue to use EMS as a taxi and ER's as their free private doctors but now the govt won't pay anything and these people will never pay a red cent and the hospitals and EMS will suffer.

I think expanding Medicaid is a bad idea no matter the cookie the feds offer to take it. After 3 years the matching funds go away and then more of the matching feds funds go away and NC is on the line for all of it. Also consider a health care business cannot afford more than 40% of their practices to be from medicaid or one will be out of business. The rest has to come from private and self-pay patients because reimbursement rates are minimal and a business want have enough money to pay salaries, rent ,lights,insurance etc. I think people think of medicaid as paying like perhaps their own private health care insurance but it does not. For example a therapist said reimbursement is about 18 dollars an hour with lots of regulations that eat up more of one's time. One can imagine the beurocracy required to handle the endless regulations /paperwork involved which is also costly for state governments interms of employees salaries and retirement.

With Obama-Care possibly "we the people" can get some relief... "monies", thru penalties (tariffs)as reimbursement for the uninsured and take control of inflated medical cost which lead to higher insurance premiums to offset the medical expenditures they, the uninsured create while staying true to our belief of helping those less fortunate. That is fair and that is conservatism that all can and should support...except welfare Republicans. They would rather act like spoiled brats stomping their feet. No doubt the entitlement mentality of corporate welfare has been lead by blind mice marching to the tune of today's GOP which promises with just one more tax cut, they will give you a better paying job...and off the cliff the blind mice go.

Excellent news, we need to be doing things to improve health care access and cost, and ObamaCare does exactly the opposite. This new law puts North Carolina squarely on the side of the good guys in fighting the worst piece of legislation since the New Deal.

"Please show me proof that their study is wrong." PC, still fighting about the report funded by DHHS

Show me proof it's accurate. You brought it up. Morrigan

that's now how adults have discussions.

He presented a report. With research, data, and conclusions.

If you wish to state it's not correct you need to provide evidence of it.

Stamping your feet and going "nu uh!" is not a rational rebuttal of his source.

"oldaltar- I totally agree. Chris Christi showed that he cares about his constituents more than a particular political party. In my opinion that is a true public servant. I would love a Chris Christi in NC.- F2bM

If repubs don't realize that CC and his sort are the only hope of salvation for their party, they will find themselves irrevocably marginalized. Otherwise, he could be the Reagan of the next decade. Even fraudster Rick Scott took the money, Pat. Maybe he was still smarting from the loss of other fed money 2 years ago.

"If you make $15K a year you cannot afford health insurance."

Tell it it your hero. He said we have to spend our money as he orders us to, and you re-elected him.

"It's not like Roses and Maxway are going to insure the poor."

That's right. The way 0 wrote this, the middle class is going to insure the poor. Again, complain to him.

"Please show me proof that their study is wrong." PC, still fighting about the report funded by DHHS

Show me proof it's accurate. You brought it up.

"oldaltar- I totally agree. Chris Christi showed that he cares about his constituents more than a particular political party. In my opinion that is a true public servant. I would love a Chris Christi in NC."

Gotta admit, I do like Chris Christi and thought everyone did as well except his own party. His own party does not like him and calls him a traiter. What does that say about his party? Christi has made his party mad so I guess he is doing something right.

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