We join everyone in celebrating the monumental NC Senate/House agreement on Medicaid expansion! But we also echo Governor Roy Cooper's sentiment that expansion must happen now. Healthcare can't wait on a budget passing!

NEW: Led an urgent request with @WhipClyburn and about 50 colleagues calling for inclusion in just-submitted Senate legislation of a solution for those uninsured Texans denied any benefit from the Affordable Care Act by the failure of our state to expand Medicaid coverage.

'We do need Medicaid expansion because there are a lot of people who need health care...I’m one of the lucky ones who have insurance but there are a lot more other people out there who don’t have the insurance nor can they afford to pay....' Keith, Richmond Hill, GA

#South4MedEx

So glad to see Laura receive this award! The work she has done, especially over the past year with #South4MedEx to close the Medicaid coverage gap has been incredible. #HAC2022

Southerners are more likely to be uninsured than any other region in the U.S.
We need BOLD legislation that meets the moment of our current health crisis and clears the way for medicaid Expansion in the 8 Southern states (including TN) that have refused to do so. #South4MedEx

Medicaid expansion is a key component to making sure Southerners—and especially people of color—have access to lifesaving health care during this pandemic. America can’t recover if the South isn’t covered. #South4MedEx

Fully expanding Medicaid while Medicaid continuous coverage unwinds will bring NC billions in Federal dollars (ACA match + ARPA match + FFCRA match) and avoid medical/financial disaster for families.

Your move Georgia!

#South4MedEx

No one should have to choose between seeing a doctor and paying the bills.

North Carolina made that decision much easier for their residents with the passage of #MedicaidExpansion .

#txlege , it's time to do the same for our people. #South4MedEx

My favorite Medicaid expansion memory was when we snuck HANC the healthcare unicorn into the #ncga for advocacy day in 2018. #South4MedEx

Let's #ExpandMedicaid in Texas. Join us on Thursday night!

#MedEx4TX #South4MedEx #SickOfItTX bit.ly/2S8XeKq

Come to #FortWorthTX City Hall for a vigil. We urge Gov. Greg Abbott to expand Medicaid to stop the death, suffering, and racial health disparities. #South4MedEx SickOfItTX

I'm so honored to be awarded Families USA’s 2022 ‘Health Justice Advocate Of The Year' Award. To do work of value and true impact is my greatest aspiration. You can watch me accept the honor today at 4:40 ET at Families USA’s Facebook page: #HAC2022 facebook.com/FamiliesUSA/

Don't miss this great event!

Join us at 1pm EST/10am PST tomorrow to talk #Medicaid , #COVID and #healthequity with Lisa Lacasse, Jamila Michener, Michael Perry & Alpa ACS Research.

Register now at bit.ly/ACSCANMedicaid
#medicaidcoversus #medicaidexpansion #south4medex

Listening to the smart Stacey Abrams about the importance of Expanding Medicaid in southern states. #South4MedEx #gapol

Let's finish the work of the ACA and expand Medicaid in the 12 remaining hold-out states! #HealthPolicyValentines #South4Medex

Southerners are more likely to be uninsured than any other region in the U.S.

We need BOLD relief legislation that meets the moment of our current health crisis and clears the way for medicaid Expansion in the 8 Southern states that have refused to do so. #South4MedEx

415,000 uninsured Alabamians would access healthcare from Medicaid Expansion, 47% of them are people of color. #South4MedEx #alpolitics

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'We strongly urge Senate Democrats & President Biden to add a provision that closes the Medicaid coverage gap. Failure to act now would be an abandonment of the ACA's promise, leaving the poorest Americans to face an indefinite future without health care.” #South4MedEx Latin American Assoc

Thank you Lloyd Doggett !! We agree, 1 million Texans can't wait any longer for life-saving coverage! #South4Medex #CareCantWait

All Americans deserve to get the health care they need to survive and thrive, regardless of their income or ZIP code. Congress has an opportunity and a moral imperative to #ClosetheCoverageGap in the #BuildBackBetter plan. #South4MedEx

The Inflation Reduction Act will do nothing for the 2 million mostly Black & Latino Americans trapped in the Medicaid coverage gap.

Senate Democrats Chuck Schumer President Biden: use this bill to close the coverage gap!

#South4MedEx bit.ly/3JfW6hU

I am not visiting Illinois anytime soon!! 👇😱

The State Affairs elections focus group tends to differ on whether Georgia should have expanded Medicaid. They also differ on the issue of abortion.

Here’s what the group had to say about this weeks topic — heath care and abortion. #gapol #GaVotes stateaffairs.com/ga/election-fo…

I love twitter. I also love Medicaid policy. So of course I’m joining the Sourherners for Medicaid Expansion tweet chat today at 2 today. Follow along at #South4MedEx !