Expectations that a Medicaid expansion agreement in North Carolina are nigh have been short-circuited for now as Senate leader Phil Berger called an offer by the state's hospitals “not a serious proposal.”
The North Carolina Healthcare Association proposed an expansion plan that contained changes to medical construction and service regulations, which Senate Republicans have said are necessary.
Berger told reporters Tuesday those provisions aren't good enough.
The House and Senate passed competing expansion proposals in June, and Berger and House Speaker Tim Moore later expressed their commitment to work toward an agreement.
The House has been cool to incorporating certificate of need into an expansion bill.
