In the emergency $8.3 billion spending package approved in Congress last week to address the coronavirus outbreak, there’s at least $13 million in emergency funding set aside for North Carolina to address local public health needs associated with the outbreak. Several states have already announced that some of those funds will be used to pay for – or substantially subsidize – the cost of coronavirus testing for patients who lack health coverage. Still, North Carolina taxpayers support Medicaid expansion in other states – like Indiana where coverage was extended under then governor and now Vice President Mike Pence.