Issue Position: Healthcare

Issue Position

Health emergencies and chronic conditions have touched every family, at some point. Every single resident of Guilford County deserves access to healthcare and insurance coverage, especially when they need it most.

We need to expand Medicaid so that Guilford County tax dollars stay right here at home and help to cover local families. Not only is this the right thing to do, it makes good economic sense. Medicaid expansion would cover more than 17,000 Guilford County residents and bring in tens of millions of dollars in investments to the local economy. Expanding Medicaid would also do a great deal to combat the growing opioid crisis by widening access to drug treatment resources.

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