Rural GOP Mayor Could Be Game Changer In Medicaid Expansion Fight

A small-town Republican mayor from rural North Carolina claiming his GOP-led state's refusal to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act has led to a hospital closure and a death in his community may be the new face of the fight for expansion in the 24 states that have resisted opening their programs to provide health care for low-income families and individuals who earn up to 133 percent of the federal poverty level, key sources say. Reporting is spotty --...