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This should be an easy decision for legislators who value limited government and a safety net reserved for those who truly need public assistance. The fact that Medicaid expansion results in disappointing health outcomes should make opposition to Medicaid expansion an even easier call.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>There\u2019s much that North Carolina legislators can learn from other states that adopted Obamacare\u2019s Medicaid expansion to cover childless, non-disabled, working-age adults. While the expansion was supposed to be limited to people with lower income, states that expanded\u2014enabled by virtually nonexistent federal oversight\u2014permitted\u00a0millions of people with income well above the eligibility thresholds to enroll. Medicaid expansion states experienced much greater enrollment and spending than they projected. Obamacare has caused the national amount of improper Medicaid spending to soar to a staggering $100 billion a year, per a recent federal government\u00a0report. There is nothing conservative about such a massive increase in wasteful government spending.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinajournal.com\/opinion\/evidence-is-clear-north-carolina-should-say-no-to-medicaid-expansion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The full article can be found in <em>The Carolina Journal<\/em>.<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>North Carolina legislators have a crucial decision to make\u2014whether to support or oppose the biggest ever expansion of government and the welfare state. 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