(The Center Square) – An average of 1,000 North Carolina residents are signing up each day for Medicaid since the state expanded the program Dec. 1.

That’s twice as fast as other states that recently expanded their programs, said Kody Kinsley, the state’s secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services.

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