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Republicans Medicaid Cuts Would Harm North Carolina Communities, Health Panel Warns

Two years ago, North Carolina became the 40th state to expand Medicaid, opening up crucial healthcare coverage to over 630,000 North Carolinians. The government-funded health insurance program has expanded much-needed coverage to low-income adults, pregnant women, seniors, individuals with disabilities, and rural communities where many have less access to care.

Despite the number of lives saved by this expansion, the success could be undone if Republicans cut federal funding for Medicaid.

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Thom Tillis, Ignoring NC Doctors and RFK Jr.’s History Of Anti-Vaccine Conspiracy Theories, Votes to Confirm RFK Jr. To Health Secretary

Earlier this year, over 400 doctors from North Carolina joined a national effort urging U.S. Senators to reject the nomination of RFK Jr. as U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, citing the risks of his anti-vaccine beliefs and his history of promoting anti-vaccine conspiracy theories. Kennedy has benefited financially from promoting his anti-vaccine views and was even connected to a 2019 outbreak of measles in Samoa that killed 83 people, mostly children. 

The doctors specifically urged U.S. Senator Thom Tillis of North Carolina, a member of the Senate Finance Committee, to oppose Kennedy’s nomination, and he initially seemed to be a potential “no” vote.

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