Dr. William Barber II is the co-chair of the Poor People's Campaign: A National Call for a Moral Revival. (CNN) As the Carolinas brace for Hurricane Florence, North Carolina Gov. I have been a pastor in Eastern North Carolina for the past 25 years. For example, hundreds of thousands of people in the path of Hurricane Florence do not have access to health insurance because legislators in both South Carolina and North Carolina refused to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act. While the President and his political allies continue to undermine the Affordable Care Act, poor people in North Carolina become sicker than they need to be because they aren't receiving basic health care.

Source: CNN September 12, 2018 22:18 UTC