Gov. Josh Stein stood with advocates at the Executive Mansion on Wednesday to mark Black Maternal Health Week, and used the event to call on the General Assembly to close a $319 million Medicaid funding gap when they return to Raleigh next week.
“If we do not fully fund Medicaid soon, health care for millions of North Carolinians could be in jeopardy, and the entire health care system weakens,” Stein said.
The event brought together lawmakers and advocates who highlighted persistent racial disparities in maternal health outcomes that are impacting not just black women in North Carolina, but across the country…