Health Care
Focusing on creating and pushing legislation that secures a free, competitive health care market for North Carolinians.
D.C. Appeals court strikes down Medicaid work requirement
Last Friday, a three-judge panel for the D.C. Circuit struck down Arkansas’ Medicaid work requirement. Harris Meyer from Modern Healthcare reported: In a unanimous ruling, a three-judge panel for the…
A private market medical debt solution
Surprise bills are a hot topic in state legislatures and Congress. Most readers either have received a surprise bill or know someone who has received a surprise bill from a…
Rolling Back Restrictive Regulations: Health Care
The health care industry has undergone many major changes in the 21st century, but North Carolina’s rules and regulations haven’t kept up. That is the theme of JLF’s Jordan Roberts’…
Medicaid Expansion Is A Public Choice Problem
“Medicaid expansion is a public choice problem,” says JLF’s Jordan Roberts in a recent research brief. Expansion, he says, is a mix of uninformed and/or disengaged voters, self-interested politicians, and…
New Carolina Journal Online features
Lindsay Marchello reports for Carolina Journal Online on pending departures from the N.C. General Assembly. Jordan Roberts’ Daily Journal explains why regulations shouldn’t stand in the way of innovation in…
Community members voice concerns over care at HCA-owned Mission Health
Last night, community members of Marion, North Carolina gathered to voice concerns about the takeover of Asheville-based Mission Health by Nashville-based HCA Healthcare. Mike Conley of McDowell News reports: Both…
Simpler And More Direct Pay: How to Salvage American Health Care
America’s health care system is in a state of disarray. Hospitals are closing, patients have no way of knowing what services are going to cost, and – on top of…
Sanders’ disappointing disability plan
John Hirschauer writes at National Review Online about Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders’ plan for Americans with disabilities. Whatever the intentions of its drafters, Bernie Sanders’s new “Disability Rights” platform…
New Carolina Journal Online features
Julie Havlak reports for Carolina Journal Online on the continuing debate about reforming North Carolina’s certificate-of-need restrictions. Joseph Coletti’s Daily Journal highlights a new report on long-term challenges facing North…
Companies Lose $3-5 Million/Month Waiting for Medicaid Transition
Things have gotten complicated for the medical insurance providers who signed up to cover North Carolina’s Medicaid population under the new managed care system. North Carolina was scheduled to transition…
New Carolina Journal Online features
Julie Havlak reports for Carolina Journal Online that N.C. health officials say the state budget stalemate might put them in the red. John Hood’s Daily Journal explains why a budget…
The two fronts of health care reform
As a health policy analyst, I often get asked, “When and how are we going to fix the health care system?” The answer to that question is complicated for two…