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Focusing on creating and pushing legislation that secures a free, competitive health care market for North Carolinians.
Health Care
Candidate Question: What can be done to bring down healthcare costs and help all NC citizens receive coverage?
In order to bring down health care costs in NC, the state legislature needs to focus on both supply-side and demand-side health care reforms. Here is a list of possible…
Health Care
Candidate Question: Is a national health insurance plan for all Americans a good idea? Why or why not?
We do not support a national health insurance plan. A single-payer health care system would shift one-fifth of GDP into government spending. The federal government would have a monopoly on…
Elections & Public Integrity
New Carolina Journal Online features
Julie Havlak reports for Carolina Journal Online on N.C. local governments pushing back against Gov. Roy Cooper’s request for local action enforcing COVID-19 restrictions. Carolina Journal Online also reports on…
Health Care
Preparing for the next pandemic
Pradheep and Kirti Shanker write for National Review Online about steps policymakers can take before the next pandemic. For several decades, health experts have warned about the potential for an…
Elections & Public Integrity
New Carolina Journal Online features
Julie Havlak reports for Carolina Journal Online on State Treasurer Dale Folwell’s work to save the State Health Plan. The Daily Journal highlights numbers that could help voters spot differences…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
This weekend on Carolina Journal Radio
The debate about COVID-19 policies features plenty of data. It’s not always clear that the data points tell an accurate story. Jon Sanders explains why during the next edition of…
Health Care
The Right AOC on Point: New study debunks N.C. Medicaid expansion cost myths
John Locke Foundation CEO Amy Cooke, “The Right AOC,” highlights a new JLF study that spells out potential Medicaid expansion costs for North Carolina. Contact Amy at [email protected]. Follow her…
Health Care
Trump, health care, and the battle against COVID-19
John Goodman and Marie Fishpaw write for National Review Online about Trump administration health care changes and the impact for COVID-19. Our health-care system is experiencing rapid, powerful change, far…
Health Care
New Carolina Journal Online features
Julie Havlak reports for Carolina Journal Online on John Locke Foundation research that exposes the bad math driving Gov. Roy Cooper’s Medicaid expansion plans. The Daily Journal highlights one scholar’s…
Elections & Public Integrity
New Carolina Journal Online features
Don Carrington reports for Carolina Journal Online on questions surrounding the residency of a Wake County judicial candidate. Jon Sanders’ Daily Journal questions COVID-19 case numbers in North Carolina.
Health Care
The Right AOC on Point: COVID-19 case numbers can prove misleading
John Locke Foundation CEO Amy Cooke, “The Right AOC,” explains why North Carolina’s COVID-19 case numbers might not mean what you think they mean. Contact Amy at [email protected]. Follow her…
Health Care
Candidate Question: What’s the state of Medicaid enrollment and how would this change with Medicaid Expansion?
North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services provides a dashboard that tracks monthly Medicaid enrollment. NC Medicaid Enrollment in March = 2,182,617 Current NC Medicaid enrollment= 2,362,635 Current NC…