The man in the photograph is the reason we can’t have nice things.
Specifically, Senate leader Phil Berger is the reason the N.C. Senate budget, passed Thursday, includes no provision for Medicaid expansion, which could provide health care coverage for the hundreds of thousands of North Carolinians who currently have none.
The N.C. House budget, passed earlier last week, had no such provision, either, even though sound proposals were made to both bodies.
But it’s not a done deal yet. We’re hanging on to hope that the threat of a veto from Gov. Roy Cooper may finally achieve a long-desired positive outcome.
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