North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper speaks at a campaign rally for President Joe Biden, Friday, June 28, 2024, in Raleigh, N.C. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
North Carolina Health and Human Services Secretary Kody Kinsley, center, speaks while Dave Alameida with the Leukemia Lymphoma Society, left, and Gov. Roy Cooper listen at an Executive Mansion announcement on Monday July, 1, 2024, in Raleigh, N.C. The Cooper administration unveiled a plan it wants federal Medicaid regulators to approve that would give hospitals enhanced reimbursements in exchange for them providing medical debt relief to low- and middle-income residents for past charges and discouraging debt in the future. (AP Photo/Gary D. Robertson)
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper, center, speaks while Dave Alameida with the Leukemia Lymphoma Society, left, and state Health and Human Services Secretary Kody Kinsley, right, listen at an Executive Mansion announcement on Monday July, 1, 2024, in Raleigh, N.C. The Cooper administration unveiled a plan it wants federal Medicaid regulators to approve that would give hospitals enhanced reimbursements in exchange for them providing medical debt relief to low- and middle-income residents for past charges and discouraging debt in the future. (AP Photo/Gary D. Robertson).