CHARLOTTE (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — It is estimated that more than 13 percent of adults in North Carolina have medical debt, according to KFF, a health policy research organization. That stat makes North Carolina one of the top states with the highest share of medical debt.
Monday afternoon, Gov. Roy Cooper gave an update on steps being taken to tackle medical debt across the state.
“And I am just so excited for people who are finally getting this off their shoulders because many of these people were very burdened by this,” Gov. Cooper said…