Health Care
Focusing on creating and pushing legislation that secures a free, competitive health care market for North Carolinians.
New Carolina Journal Online features
Carolina Journal Online reports on Gov. Roy Cooper’s prediction of “many more” coronavirus cases in North Carolina. John Hood’s Daily Journal highlights government’s proper role in responding to a public…
Governor Cooper Declares Coronavirus State of Emergency
On Tuesday, March 10, North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper declared a state of emergency due to the concern over novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Thirteen other states declared a state of emergency…
Trump and the coronavirus
Christopher Bedford writes at the Federalist about the coronavirus’s potential impact on President Trump’s re-election bid. With a visibly aged Joe Biden duking it out with socialist Bernie Sanders, there…
Marking 10 years of Obamacare
Chris Talgo writes at The Hill about the 10-year anniversary of the controversial Affordable Care Act. March 2020 marks the 10th anniversary of the passage of the Affordable Care Act,…
Managed Care Postponed Indefinitely: Budget Overflow Possible
It has been over eight months since Gov. Roy Cooper vetoed the General Assembly’s biennium state budget. This veto has left funding for many programs tied up for months on…
Confusion on NC FAST workers and Medicaid spending
North Carolina’s Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) has a history of breaking budgets with lax controls over Medicaid spending. It took nearly three years under Gov. Pat McCrory…
Should Doctors Prescribe Housing?
Recently, California Governor Gavin Newsom shared a new idea for how the state can address its ever-growing homeless population: doctors’ prescriptions for housing. JLF’s Jordan Roberts examined the plan and…
Supreme Court to hear ACA challenge
Yesterday, the Supreme Court said that it would take up California v. Texas, a case regarding the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), or Obamacare. For weeks it has…
Should doctors be able to write prescriptions for housing, food, and other needs?
Democratic Governor of California Gavin Newsom made headlines last week after he tweeted that doctors should be “able to write prescriptions for housing the same way they do for insulin…
This weekend on Carolina Journal Radio
Gov. Roy Cooper says a group of business executives said nothing in a recent meeting with him about wanting new tax cuts. He failed to mention that those executives already…
NO SURPRISE BILLS at Greenville Surgery Center
Imagine going into a surgery knowing exactly what your bill would be at the end. It’s hard to imagine in America’s secretive world of health care, but that is exactly…
New Carolina Journal Online features
Julie Havlak reports for Carolina Journal Online on an independent surgery center in Greenville that offers transparent, cash-based prices. Terry Stoops’ Daily Journal urges policymakers to avoid politics and focus…