1.0Welcome to Down Home!https://downhomenc.orgDown Home NChttps://downhomenc.org/author/downhomenc/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="0r1h7apSF0"><a href="https://downhomenc.org/2022/08/21/medicaidexpansion/">Action Alert – Tell our legislators to stop playing political games with people’s lives</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://downhomenc.org/2022/08/21/medicaidexpansion/embed/#?secret=0r1h7apSF0" width="600" height="338" title="“Action Alert – Tell our legislators to stop playing political games with people’s lives” — Welcome to Down Home!" data-secret="0r1h7apSF0" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> https://downhomenc.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/MedEx-Update-Banner.png1500500Despite our very powerful vigil highlighting the death and suffering caused by not expanding Medicaid, our legislators are still refusing to vote on this issue when they return to Raleigh on Tuesday, August 23.  Instead of moving forward and expanding healthcare for 600,000 North Carolinians who cannot wait any longer, our lawmakers are playing blame... Read more »