Mr. Speaker, nearly 100,000 Eastern North Carolinians have access to healthcare. That would come as a result, and There will be a creation of roughly 3,000 jobs in one of the most economically distressed parts of the state [due to Medicaid expansion]. while saving our rural hospitals. Mr. Speaker, nearly 2 million Americans remain trapped in a coverage gap. Medicaid Awareness Month is a perfect time to make a bipartisan appeal. (00:47–00:55)
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Asserts that Medicaid expansion will create approximately 3,000 jobs in economically distressed areas of North Carolina.
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