Post by Logan on Jan 24, 2016 22:39:57 GMT -6
DURHAM -- With legislative leadership opposing Medicaid expansion, a local legislator believes events like a rally in Durham this week are important to reversing its stance.
“This is a critical time for people to speak out,” Rep. Graig Meyer said. As the 2016 election season kicks off, he hopes voters will both bring new voices to the legislature and “convince people who get reelected that this is an issue that the public wants them to take up.”
The interfaith prayer vigil held Wednesday on CCB plaza downtown also served as a send-off for a Coalition for Health Care of North Carolina delegation taking 3,884 signed letters to Gov. Pat McCrory’s office.
The letter calls on the governor to expand Medicaid to an estimated 357,000 North Carolinians, declaring the plan would generate 25,000 jobs by 2016 and $21 billion in business activity from 2016 to 2020.
Read more here: www.newsobserver.com/news/local/community/durham-news/article55858080.html
“This is a critical time for people to speak out,” Rep. Graig Meyer said. As the 2016 election season kicks off, he hopes voters will both bring new voices to the legislature and “convince people who get reelected that this is an issue that the public wants them to take up.”
The interfaith prayer vigil held Wednesday on CCB plaza downtown also served as a send-off for a Coalition for Health Care of North Carolina delegation taking 3,884 signed letters to Gov. Pat McCrory’s office.
The letter calls on the governor to expand Medicaid to an estimated 357,000 North Carolinians, declaring the plan would generate 25,000 jobs by 2016 and $21 billion in business activity from 2016 to 2020.
Read more here: www.newsobserver.com/news/local/community/durham-news/article55858080.html