Here’s what you should know.
1. State and federal officials argued that North Carolina legislators “overstated potential problems that could come from such an expansion,” the Charlotte Observer reports.
2. Gov. Cooper is attempting to expand North Carolina’s Medicaid program under the ACA’s provisions.
3. The state has provisions against such an expansion without legislature approval, but Gov. Cooper argued the expansion is exempt to the law.
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