Health Care
Focusing on creating and pushing legislation that secures a free, competitive health care market for North Carolinians.
More evidence that lockdowns don’t work!
I started questioning the efficacy of lockdowns in April of last year. (See, also, here, here, and here.) Since then evidence has continued to accumulate showing that I was right to…
New bill would expand healthcare access, especially in rural areas
This week legislators introduced an act to expand the scope of practice allowed for advanced practice nurse practitioners (APRNs). Labeled the SAVE Act, the bill would APRNs to perform more…
WRAL editorial ignores vital details about Medicaid expansion
WRAL earlier this week published an editorial titled “Take the money, it’s ours. Expand Medicaid.” The article misses the mark in many ways, starting with the article title itself. The…
Talking without a government license?
It’s the classic tale of government overstepping its bounds, making itself a burden to the very people it purports to help. A professional counselor in Virginia has been told by…
Research warns lockdowns and other restrictions have deadly consequences. What about Cooper’s? Part 3
Part 3 of this series provides the data from the CDC and DHHS used to make the graph. It uses a sample week to demonstrate how to apply the data.…
New Carolina Journal Online features
Julie Havlak reports for Carolina Journal Online on the dubious history of certificate-of-need restrictions in North Carolina. The latest CJ Opinion suggests a new voting option for state lawmakers who…
New Carolina Journal Online features
Julie Havlak reports for Carolina Journal Online on the debate surrounding North Carolina’s certificate-of-need restrictions. John Hood’s CJ Opinion highlights three promising school initiatives.
Research warns lockdowns and other restrictions have deadly consequences. What about Cooper’s? Part 2
An analysis of CDC estimates and DHHS deaths data for North Carolina finds that North Carolina has been witnessing more excess deaths than COVID deaths. These worrisome findings seem to…
Research warns lockdowns and other restrictions have deadly consequences. What about Cooper’s? Part 1
Data from the CDC and DHHS showed that NC was suffering excess deaths without even counting COVID-19 deaths, but DHHS data reporting is so far behind, it's incomplete after late…
Fauci deserves a pink slip?
Editors at Issues and Insights explain why a primary public face of the federal government’s coronavirus pandemic response ought to be fired. Dr. Anthony Fauci has impressive credentials and a…
New Carolina Journal Online features
Andrew Dunn reports for Carolina Journal Online on N.C. legislative leaders’ interest in overriding Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto of a school reopening bill. John Hood’s CJ Opinion focuses on the…
Placing Fauci’s pronouncements in perspective
David Harsanyi warns National Review Online readers against placing too much emphasis on one health expert’s statements. Dr. Anthony Fauci, the chief pandemic adviser to President Joe Biden, is a…