North Carolina Hospital Will Shut Down In Six Months Because The State Won’t Expand Medicaid

North Carolina Hospital Will Shut Down In Six Months Because The State Won’t Expand Medicaid: On Wednesday, residents of Belhaven, North Carolina got a taste of how stubborn GOP opposition to the Affordable Care Act can affect them personally when executives at Vidant Health System unanimously voted to shut down the local Vidant Pungo Hospital within six months. Vidant officials said the move was necessary as a consequence of North Carolina’s refusal to participate in Obamacare’s optional Medicaid expansion.