North Carolina Health News reports that proposed funding reductions in Medicaid could have "dire consequences" for communities that supported Donald Trump in the 2024 election. The article cites a January report by the Center for Children and Families at the Georgetown University McCourt School of Public Policy. One of the Center's findings is that in NC, SC, and VA (and a few other states), reductions in federal Medicaid funding is more likely to cause greater harm to rural areas and small towns than metropolitan areas. NC Department of Health and Human Services show that 1,220,559 residents in rural counties are enrolled in Medicaid. A county is considered rural if it has fewer than 250 residents for every square mile of land. See map below.
Ironically, Trump won 66 of North Carolina's 78 rural counties in the 2024 presidential election. See map below.
For more details, read the North Carolina Health News article here.
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