
1-in-4 North Carolinians see medical debt forgiven after state initiative exceeds all expectations
It’s all thanks to a first-of-its-kind state initiative started last year by former NC Governor Roy Cooper. Cooper and the former Health Secretary. Kody Kinsley used North Carolina’s Medicaid expansion, which Cooper championed for years, to incentivize all 99 acute care hospitals in the state to join the debt relief effort.








