Health Care
Focusing on creating and pushing legislation that secures a free, competitive health care market for North Carolinians.
Why are COVID-19 death rates so much higher in states with Democratic governors?
That’s the provocative question raised by James R. Rogers in a recent peice at the Law & Liberty blog: When controlling for the differences in population across states, the number…
How to Create Balanced Public Health Measures
This week, JLF’s Dr. Don van der Vaart wrote a research brief advocating for a more deliberate cost-benefit analysis of public health measures. Dr. van der Vaart writes: As we…
NC Senate wants DHHS to release more data
Members of the General Assembly introduced COVID-19 related relief packages this week as a new legislative session begins. Competing bills from the North Carolina House and Senate offer proposals to…
Governors offers varied levels of seriousness in response to COVID-19 lockdowns
John Daniel Davidson of the Federalist compares different American governors’ responses to the economic shutdown tied to COVID-19. As the coronavirus spread slows, governors are responding in different, sometimes wildly…
Famous lemon automobile offers lessons for us in the COVID-19 world
Geoffrey Hunt writes in the American Thinker about lessons we can learn from owners of a famously futile form of transportation. Peugeot car–owners in the 1980s came in two varieties.…
Texas will set example for reopening during COVID-19 pandemic
John Daniel Davidson of the Federalist explains how the Lone Star State could set an example for the rest of the country. In what could be the beginning of America’s…
‘Lockdown fatigue’ prompts new political pressure
Cassidy Morrison of the Washington Examiner highlights a new point of political pressure for the president and other government officials. President Trump, governors, and leaders all around the world are…
COVID-19 and an unexpected hospital crisis
Rich Lowry of National Review Online explores the COVID-19 pandemic’s unexpected impact on American hospitals. We had to destroy the hospitals to save them. You could be forgiven for thinking…
New Carolina Journal Online features
Carolina Journal Online reports on the busy first day of the N.C. General Assembly’s new session. John Hood’s Daily Journal explains why the COVID-19 pandemic does not support pleas for…
Coronavirus Is Not a Reason to Expand Medicaid
The outbreak of Coronavirus has reignited calls for Medicaid expansion. Proponents claim that during this public health crisis, it is necessary to expand Medicaid to cover uninsured persons who may…
Lawmakers need to resist expanding Medicaid
As we approach the end of the Gov. Cooper’s month-long stay-at-home order, state lawmakers have begun to debate possible solutions for responding to the coronavirus. Naturally, much of the discussion…
Fixing what’s wrong with inaccurate COVID-19 models
Jon McCloskey writes for the Federalist about COVID-19 models that have been far from accurate. There’s been a lot of armchair analysis about various models being used to predict outcomes…