We use a family of three, rather than four, in this figure because that is the family size used by the data source. In March 2023, North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper signed legislation to expand Medicaid. At the time this paper was written, the expansion had not yet been implemented, so North Carolina’s previous eligibility restrictions are still in place. Source: KFF, “Medicaid State Fact Sheets,” June 2023, https://www.kff.org/interactive/Medicaid-state-fact-sheets/
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