Health Care
Focusing on creating and pushing legislation that secures a free, competitive health care market for North Carolinians.
JLF Research Division: COVID-19 review for March
Three weeks ago today, Governor Roy Cooper declared a state of emergency due to the spread of COVID-19. One day later, John Locke Foundation researchers paused all other projects and got to…
Hospitals to receive advanced Medicare payments
Hospitals around the country are preparing to handle the onslaught of patients who need care due to the spreading coronavirus. Some hospitals, like those in New York, are already facing…
Reactions to Trump during the coronavirus pandemic
David Marcus of the Federaliat explores President Trump’s latest approval numbers. Over the past two weeks, President Trump’s overall approval rating and specifically approval of his handling of the Chinese…
Medicare for All and the coronavirus
Editors at the Washington Examiner remind us that the Democratic health care policy dubbed Medicare for All would not have prevented our current coronavirus problem. In the midst of a…
Pondering a Trump quarantine
Andrew McCarthy of National Review Online responds to President Trump’s suggestion that he might issue a quarantine. The powers of the federal government in general, and of the president in…
National Review sets defeating coronavirus as top priority
Editors at National Review Online offers national policymakers advice about priorities during the COVID-19 pandemic. If President Trump is right that the fight against the coronavirus is the equivalent of…
New Carolina Journal Online features
Lindsay Marchello reports for Carolina Journal Online on the federal CARES Act’s impact on local school district flexibility. The Daily Journal examines the Wake County sheriff’s promise of “kind,” “polite”…
JLF CEO Amy Cooke: We Have an Eye on Your Economic and Civil Liberties
American businesses and innovators stepping up
Helen Raleigh of the Federalist assesses one aspect of the private sector’s response to the coronavirus pandemic. As confirmed Wuhan coronavirus cases in the United States surpass 60,000, our nation…
Coronavirus tests media outlets
Mark Hemingway writes for Real Clear Politics about one interesting revelation from the COVID-19 pandemic. The coronavirus crisis is a make-or-break moment for the American media. According to Wednesday’s Gallup…
New Carolina Journal Online features
John Trump and Kari Travis report for Carolina Journal Online on N.C. craft alcohol businesses struggling to stay open during the COVID-19 pandemic. John Hood’s Daily Journal explains why government’s…
JLF CEO responds to Gov. Roy Cooper’s statewide stay-at-home order
John Locke Foundation CEO Amy Cooke issues the following statement in response to Gov. Roy Cooper’s latest COVID-19 executive order. It orders people across North Carolina to stay at home…