US EditionLatest maneuvering on North Carolina budget, casinos could end with Medicaid expansion going down
- House Speaker Tim Moore is unsure about the outcome of the bill that ties Medicaid expansion to casinos and video gambling machines, which could potentially scuttle a health care deal reached earlier this year with Governor Roy Cooper.
- The separate gambling and Medicaid expansion bill would initiate the creation of "rural tourism districts" where gambling venues and other development could be built, with the potential for the state to earn $400 million annually from video gambling machines by mid-2028.
- Republican legislative leaders are moving forward with maneuvers to approve a long-delayed state budget, provide Medicaid to low-income adults, and expand legal gambling, which includes authorizing four new casinos and video gambling.
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Republicans ditch efforts to expand legal gambling in North Carolina, will pass budget this week
RALEIGH, N.C.. (AP) — North Carolina Republican legislative leaders ditched late Tuesday efforts this year to dramatically multiply legal gambling in the state, announcing instead that they will pass a final budget without it that also would trigger Medicaid coverage to begin for hundreds of thousands of adults. “We think this is the best, most prudent way for us to move forward,” Senate leader Phil Berger told reporters. House and Senate GOP la…
Latest maneuvering on North Carolina budget, casinos could end with Medicaid expansion going down
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Republican legislative leaders moved forward Tuesday with maneuvers that could by week’s end approve a long-delayed state budget, provide Medicaid to several hundred thousand low-income adults and multiply legal gambling through video gaming machines and new casinos. But by tying gambling’s fate with Medicaid expansion, Republicans could potentially scuttle a landmark health care deal they had reached earlier this year with …
Latest maneuvering on North Carolina budget, casinos could end with Medicaid expansion going down
RALEIGH, N.C.. (AP) — Republican legislative leaders moved forward Tuesday with maneuvers that could by week's end approve a long-delayed state budget, provide Medicaid to several hundred thousand low-income adults and multiply legal gambling through video gaming machines and new casinos. But by tying gambling's fate with Medicaid expansion, Republicans could potentially scuttle a landmark health care deal they had reached earlier this year with…
Latest moves on North Carolina budget could expand Medicaid, multiply legal gambling
RALEIGH, N.C.. (AP) — Republican legislative leaders moved forward Tuesday with maneuvers that could by week’s end approve a long-delayed state budget, provide Medicaid to several hundred thousand low-income adults and multiply legal gambling through video gaming machines and new casinos. But by tying gambling’s fate with Medicaid expansion, Republicans could potentially scuttle a landmark health care deal they had reached earlier this year with…
Latest maneuvering on North Carolina budget, casinos could end with Medicaid expansion going down
RALEIGH, N.C.. (AP) — Republican legislative leaders moved forward Tuesday with maneuvers that could by week's end approve a long-delayed state budget, provide Medicaid to several hundred thousand low-income adults and multiply legal gambling through video gaming machines and new…
Latest maneuvering on North Carolina budget, casinos could end with Medicaid expansion going down
RALEIGH, N.C.. (AP) — Republican legislative leaders moved forward Tuesday with maneuvers that could by week's end approve a long-delayed state budget, provide Medicaid to several hundred thousand low-income adults and multiply legal gambling through video gaming machines and new casinos. But by tying gambling's fate with Medicaid expansion, Republicans could potentially scuttle a landmark health care deal they had reached earlier this year with…
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