Name: In Depth with Dan: Explaining NC's Medicaid expansion deal
Uploaded: 2023-03-03T19:53:13-0500
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Description: WRAL anchor/reporter Dan Haggerty explains why North Carolina lawmakers finally approved Medicaid expansion after a decade of debate.

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EDUCATION. YOU CAN FIND IT ON WRAL DOT COM, AN EMMY AWARD WINNING DOCUMENTARIES OF ALL. EXPLAIN THAT PRETTY IN THE MEANTIME, I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT AND GO IN DEPTH ON COUNTING YOUR CHICKENS ON PUTTING THE CART BEFORE THE HORSE ON CELEBRATING A MEDICAID DEAL. THE STILL HAS MONTHS BEFORE IT BECOMES FINAL. OF COURSE, THIS IS SOME OF THE BIGGEST NEWS IN OUR STATE THIS WEEK AFTER A DECADE OF SAYING NO TO EXPANDING MEDICAID TO POOR PEOPLE IN NORTH CAROLINA, REPUBLICANS, ALL OF A SUDDEN OKAY, ACTUALLY, LET'S DO IT. THEY SEEM CONFIDENT THEY SEEM READY TO GATHERED AROUND THE PODIUM TO ANNOUNCE THE DEAL. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A POLICY. >> THAT IS GOING TO EXPAND ACCESS TO WORKING NORTH CAROLINIANS THAT IS GOING TO ENSURE THAT THERE IS A MORE ROBUST SUPPLY OF A LOT OF THESE SERVICES. >> SO WHAT DOES ALL THIS MEAN? WE'LL MEANS ABOUT 500,000 PEOPLE, MOSTLY POOR PEOPLE LIVING NEAR OR BELOW THE POVERTY LINE. WE'LL HAVE HEALTH INSURANCE THAT THEY COULD NEVER AFFORD PEOPLE WHO WANTED THIS DEAL LAST YEAR AND THE YEAR BEFORE THAT AND 10 YEARS AGO. SO WHY NOW AFTER ALL OF THAT TIME IN THE ANSWER IS ONCE MONEY, FEDERAL TAX DOLLARS TO BE SPECIFIC THAT WILL END UP PAYING FOR ABOUT 90% OF THE COSTS STEMMING FROM PRESIDENT OBAMA'S AFFORDABLE CARE ACT. NOW YOU MIGHT BE SAYING, DAN HAS NOT BEEN AROUND LIKE A LONG TIME. WHAT'S NEW THERE? WELL, 2 THINGS, ONE PRESIDENT BIDEN STIMULUS PACKAGE KIND OF SWEETEN THE DEAL WITH A NEARLY 2 BILLION DOLLAR SIGN-UP BONUS. AND REPUBLICANS, YOU MAY REMEMBER FAILED TO REPEAL THE ACA UNDER TRUMP. SO IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOING TO STICK AROUND FOR AWHILE ALONG WITH ALL THE MONEY. IT'S PROMISING AT LEAST THOSE ARE THE 2 REASONS BEING SAID OUT LOUD. ANOTHER REASON THAT'S NOT AS DEFINED. HE'S LEVERAGE AND A CHANCE FOR REPUBLICANS TO WIELD SOME REAL POWER I MET WITH WRAL, STATE GOVERNMENT REPORTER TRAVIS FAIN TO HEAR MORE. OKAY. TRAVIS, THANKS FOR BEING WITH US. YOU'RE GOING TO BE COVERING THIS TOPIC ON ON THE RECORD AND YOU BROUGHT TOGETHER SOME OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE BEHIND THIS LEGISLATION. BUT I WANT TO MENTION THAT IT HASN'T BEEN CARVED IN STONE YET. THEY'RE STILL TOO PRETTY SUBSTANTIAL HURDLES THAT HAVE TO BE HOPPED OVER ONE IS IT HAS TO PASS AND IT LOOKS LIKELY THAT THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. BUT I'M WONDERING, IS THERE ANYTHING STANDING IN THE WAY OF THAT THAT THAT ISN'T BEING OPENLY DISCUSSED RIGHT NOW. WE HAVE THE BILLY. I MEAN, THEY'RE WRITING THE BILL WERE THEY WERE RIGHT IN THE BILL THIS WEEK. SO WE KNOW WHAT'S IN IT, BUT WE HAVEN'T ACTUALLY GOT TO READ IT YET. ALL THE PLAYERS HAVEN'T GOT TO READ THE ACTUAL WORDS AT. THAT'S ALWAYS IMPORTANT. BUT YEAH, I FULLY EXPECT THIS TO PASS WHEN THE 2 TOP LEADERS IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY STAND NEXT TO EACH OTHER AT A PODIUM AND THEY DESCRIBE THINGS AND SAY THEY'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD. THAT'S WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. BUT YEAH, THE BILL ACTUALLY HAS TO PASS BOTH THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE AND PRESUMABLY BE SIGNED BY GOVERNOR ROY COOPER, WHICH IS THE SECOND HURDLE, RIGHT THAT THE GOVERNOR WOULD HAVE TO SIGN IT. BUT REPUBLICANS HAVE SAID THAT'S GOING TO BE CONTINGENT ON THE BUDGET PASSING. WE KNOW THE GOVERNOR HAS VETOED THEIR BUDGETS IN THE PAST. YES, IT HAD TO DO IN PARTS WITH MEDICAID, BUT >> FOR A LOT OF REASONS. AND IT FEELS LIKE REPUBLICANS CAN KIND OF DO WHATEVER THEY WANT WITH THIS UPCOMING BUDGET BECAUSE EITHER COOPER WILL JUST FEEL COMPELLED TO PASS IT OR IT WOULD BE PRETTY EASY FOR THEM TO GO TO A POOR COUNTY WHERE PEOPLE ARE REALLY RELYING ON THIS MEDICAID EXPANSION. FIND SOME DEMOCRAT REPRESENTING THEM AND GET THEM TO SWITCH OVER AND OVER RIGHT OF VETO. YEAH, THAT'S KIND OF A LONG AND SHORT OF IT. I MEAN, IT'S A LOT OF LEVERAGE, RIGHT? THE WAY THEY'RE GOING TO WRITE THIS MEDICAID BILL IS THAT EXPANSION DOESN'T KICK IN UNTIL THE STATE BUDGET IS IS IT THE LAW? SO IT TILL IT PASSES UNTIL IT'S IMPLEMENTED. THAT HAS BEEN A BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS. WHAT IS AND ISN'T IN THE BUDGET. I FULLY RESPECT THE EXPECT REPUBLICANS TO JAM SOME STUFF INTO THAT BUDGET. THE DEMOCRATS DON'T LIKE MAKE THEM SWALLOW IT IN ORDER TO GET MEDICAID EXPANSION EVEN MAKE THE GOVERNOR SIGNED IT EVEN THOUGH YOU MIGHT NOT LIKE PARTS OF IT, WHICH IS NORMAL IN POLITICS OR LIKE YOU SAID OVER, I WAS DEPRESSED OF BIG, BIG LEVERAGE FOR REPUBLICANS. HUGE, HUGE LEVERAGE. AND THIS IS A TOP PRIORITY FOR GOVERNOR ROY COOPER AND FOR THE DEMOCRATS. MEDICAID EXPANSION IS NOW TRYING TO TALK ABOUT ALL OF THIS ON ON THE RECORD AND NOT JUST IN TERMS OF WHO IS GOING TO BE HELP DIRECTLY, BUT THE ENTIRE SYSTEM, EVERYBODY AND ALL OF OUR LIVES INVOLVING HEALTH CARE IN THE STATE. WHAT CAN WE EXPECT THAT? YEAH, YOU CAN PUMP BILLIONS OF DOLLARS INTO A SYSTEM WITHOUT IMPACTING EVERYBODY. WE'RE GOING TO BREAK DOWN THE NITTY-GRITTY OF THIS BILL WITH LAWMAKERS WITH US. STEVE LAWLER, WHO'S HEAD OF THE HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION. ONE OF THE THINGS I ASKED HIM WAS WE KNOW WE'RE GIVING YOU ALL THIS TAX MONEY TO THE HOSPITAL SYSTEM. WHAT GUARANTEE IS THERE THAT THAT WILL ACTUALLY LOWER PRICES FOR THE REST OF US? IT IS. I THINK YOU'LL HEAR IN THIS IT'S NOT A GUARANTEE. SO BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHERE WE EXPECT TO SEE A BAD DEBT GO DOWN. I MEAN, THERE'S CERTAINLY A OPPORTUNITIES FOR HOSPITALS TO WORK WITHIN THEIR COMMUNITY TO CONTINUE TO MAKE THE COST OF HEALTH CARE LOWER TO MAKE IT MORE AFFORDABLE. >> SO I HEARD OPPORTUNITY. I DID NOT HEAR PROMISE THERE. NORTH CAROLINA IS THE 11TH MOST EXPENSIVE STATE IN THE NATION FOR OUTPATIENT CARE RIGHT NOW, ACCORDING TO A RAND CORPORATION REPORT, CAN I GET A PROMISE THAT PRICES WILL GO DOWN? >> WELL, I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT EVERY HOSPITAL IN NORTH CAROLINA IS WORKING TO REDUCE THE COST OF CARE SO THAT THAT IS A THAT IS A FACT. BUT THESE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS BEING PUMPED INTO THE SYSTEM CERTAINLY SHOULD HELP ON THAT. >> IT'S NICE TO TRACK HIM DOWN THERE. WE'LL YEAH, WE'LL SEE HOW HE DOES TOMORROW SATURDAY AT 07:00PM ON THE RECORD, MEDICAID EXPANSION DEAL. TRAVIS SO MUCH. THANK YOU SO

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Seen some activity just in the past 10 minutes or so. I want to take you outside Sky five right now for a live look at the scene. We saw a van being escorted to the runway there and someone got out and now there appears to be a really careful inspection of the debris going on. So we're working to confirm if that may be the NTSB investigation team arriving at the scene. Let's zoom out and give you some about where this is. There are two main runways at RDU International and this is in the grassy field next to the runway that mostly serves terminal one on the east side of the airport, that runway remains closed while this investigation continues at the top of your screen. That is the other main runway that serves terminal two, mostly that runway is open. So we have two things going on here that could affect your flights for the rest of the day and maybe even into tomorrow, the airport takeoff and landing capacity is roughly reduced by half because they are only working with one runway. And if you have a flight coming out of terminal one, maybe Southwest, you're going to have to take that crossover all the way out to that other runway. It's going to add a lot of extra time.

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Sky 5 flies over plane crash at RDU

RDU Airport Authority gives an update on a plane crash that sent a physician and pilot to the hospital. The crash occurred Wednesday morning on a flight that took off from Wilmington.

<p>Landguth first, I want to extend my thoughts to those affected by this morning's aircraft accident and thank our first responders for their quick action to respond. The airport authority and its mutual aid partners responded to an aircraft accident at RDU involving a general aviation aircraft. The accident occurred at approximately 10:10 a.m. in the grass next to runway five, right 23 left. The flight was arriving from Wilmington, North Carolina. The A the aircraft is owned by medical Air Inc and operated by UN C air operations. The aircraft had two people on board, one pilot and one passenger. Both were transported to area hospitals. The federal A Bush administration issued a ground stop that was lifted at approximately 1130 this morning. The Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board have both been notified. The National Transportation Safety Board is en route and expected to arrive within the next hour at which time we will conduct an accident investigation. Rdu's runway five left 23 right reopened to departing and arriving aircraft around 11:30 a.m. this morning. Are you experiencing approximately 70 delays and several arriving flights were diverted to other airports? Until ground stock was lifted, travelers should contact their airline for the latest updates regarding the flight status. And of course questions about the identity and condition of the pilot and passenger should be directed to UN C health. And at this time I'll try to answer any questions. You may have, uh, the one, any other accidents in, in the past. I'm not familiar with any other accidents have occurred with that operation. I don't know, uh, that's the role of the National Transportation Safety Board. They'll actually come in and do the investigation. Uh, and at some point in the future, they write up a report and determine what the cause of the accident was. You know, that there was no notification to the airport authority or to the FAA uh about any type of emergency on board. Do we have a guy? We don't, all we know that we've got them out of the airplane and we've got them transported to local hospitals. We know situations like this and delays have a ripple effect on, you know, flights. Do you have any idea what type of impact we'll see here in our view and for not sure, but what we're going to encourage everybody to do is reach out to your airlines. We'll be able to give you real time information about the impact of your particular flight. Ok. I believe some of them went to Greensboro and I think a couple went to Charlotte as well. What, what to be impacted due to the NTSD. Say that one more time at this point in time, what we call the west side of our airport is now open the investigation they'll conduct will all be on the east side. So at this point, we are anticipating normal operations returning to normal operations from this point forward. I don't think that anything that they're doing regarding the investigation or where they would have to investigate would have any impact to the west side of the airport. No, the aircraft is still on the airfield itself. It's on the east side of the field. So terminal one that runways the east side of the field, that's where the debris field actually sits, the west side of the field is open and operational and safe to operate. Not that I'm aware of in operations for you throughout this event today. What was your main concern concerning the passengers that were in the internals? Right. I think our primary focus when, when that accident occurred were the two people sitting in that aircraft? Our primary mission is to make sure we can get to them and try to rescue them and try to make sure that we can get them in a safe condition as fast as we possibly can. Uh secondarily is trying to figure out then how we recover and get our operations back up and running. Mhm. How does that affect? What goes on term? Yeah, so great. Question. So the team has figured out a way to get all the aircraft they're gonna operate at terminal one. Your Southwest develops. Uh We've got a crossover taxi way that we can actually get them through our general aviation aircraft. We've got a crossover taxiway, we can get them to. But the rest of the uh accident scene is actually kind of isolated and closed and locked off. Yeah, you're terminal one at this point in time. Once they can get back on their schedule, it's going to be a normal operations. All right. Thank you guys. All right. Thank you. Grab your phone, right.</p>

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