The General Assembly has a tremendous opportunity to eliminate competition among local governments within North Carolina and provide Medicaid relief to some counties.
Sen. David Hoyle, in the wake of the 30-year $256 million Google incentive package asked how much relief counties could really need from Medicaid given their generosity with corporate welfare.
Clearly, the General Assembly could simply bar local governments from offering incentives, just as it could take on the Medicaid burden from counties.
On the other hand, the GA could offer Medicaid relief only to counties who on their own or whose constituent municipalities do not have an incentive policy in place, have not offered incentives, have not granted incentives, and are not now providing incentives.
This would be a first step toward eliminating all corporate welfare in the state and providing final Medicaid relief to counties.
