Over the last year or so, I have spoken often on the importance and urgency of expanding Medicaid in North Carolina. This week I cede the floor, and my column, to John Chaffee, former CEO of NCEast Alliance and member of Care4Carolina, a non-profit dedicated to closing the insurance gap across North Carolina. Through his work with NCEast Alliance, John knows something about the importance health care infrastructure and insurance security plays in economic development and stability to a region. Nothing this state can do would yield broader economic benefits than closing the health insura...