North Carolina Governor Signs Medicaid Expansion Bill into Law Despite Republican Opposition.

North Carolina has become the 40th state to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act, with the state's Democratic governor signing legislation to expand the health insurance program for low-income people. The bill will expand Medicaid to adults who make less than 138 percent of the federal poverty level, or about $41,000 for a family of four, and is expected to cover an estimated 600,000 people. The move comes after years of Republican opposition to the Affordable Care Act, but with the law now firmly in place, hospitals and struggling rural areas are eager for the extra revenue that Medicaid reimbursement will bring.