North Carolina is Biden’s final stop on a tour of battleground states after his State of the Union address this month, which jump-started a frenzied travel schedule as the Democratic president makes his case for a second term.
The visit from Biden and Harris comes on the same day that the U.S. Supreme Court hears oral arguments in a case about access to mifepristone, a widely used abortion pill.
Mississippi has the highest rate of preventable deaths in the U.S. Its top health official has said it ranks at the bottom of virtually every health care indicator and at the top of every disparity.
Georgia and Mississippi are among 10 states that haven’t expanded Medicaid eligibility to include people earning up to 138% of the federal poverty level, or $20,120 annually for a single person.
The visit is the first on Biden’s Investing in America Tour.
‘Every construction project that we have that is ongoing is experiencing this same phenomenon.’
Alabama hospitals have said they need additional funding from the legislation.
The proposed spending plan would allocate $400 million for water and sewer infrastructure projects.
