Health Care
Focusing on creating and pushing legislation that secures a free, competitive health care market for North Carolinians.
Employer Health Care Plans and Reference-Based Pricing
The cost of employer health care is an important topic in the broader health care debate. Unlike other countries, about half of our citizens get their health insurance through their…
Two market-based health care reforms that focus on consumers
James Capretta writes at RealClearPolicy.com about two market-based health care reforms worth prioritizing. Advocates of market incentives in health care should focus their energy on two reforms that would make…
New Rule Allows Dental Hygienists to “Fill the Gaps” in Oral Care
On Thursday, January 16, the N.C. Rules Review Commission announced that dental hygienists in high-need areas will be allowed to treat patients without direct supervision. This is a step forward…
Roberts’ Review: 2019 NC Health Policy
JLF’s health care researcher Jordan Roberts is recapping the health care legislation that passed (and didn’t pass) in North Carolina’s last legislative session. Medicaid Expansion Roberts writes: Medicaid expansion was…
New Carolina Journal Online features
Julie Havlak reports for Carolina Journal Online on a proposed rule change that would give N.C. dental hygienists more freedom to treat patients in rural areas and nursing homes. Andy…
Kansas plans to use hospital tax scheme for Medicaid expansion
It was recently announced the Democratic Governor of Kansas, and the Republican leader of the Kansas Senate reached a deal on Medicaid expansion. Kansas is going to use a hospital tax…
Health Policy at the General Assembly: 2019 in Review
It was a tumultuous year for lawmakers in the General Assembly. Lasting well into October, this ‘long session’ was unusually long compared to years past. As will be the case…
Complications in CON Lawsuit
Dr. Gajendra Singh, a Winston-Salem surgeon, is suing the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) over its Certificate of Need (CON) law related to MRI machines. CON laws…
More Twists and Turns in the CON Law Case
As regular readers probably know, in July of 2018, a Winston-Salem surgeon named Gajendra Singh filed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of North Carolina’s Certificate of Need (CON) law. In…
JLF’s Mitch Kokai Comments on Medicaid Expansion for Winston-Salem Journal
This week, JLF’s Mitch Kokai was quoted in a piece for the Winston-Salem Journal on Medicaid expansion. The piece explains that, since Kansas passed its recent Medicaid expansion compromise, many…
New Carolina Journal Online features
Julie Havlak reports for Carolina Journal Online that a legal setback isn’t stopping a legal challenge against North Carolina’s certificate-of-need restrictions. The Daily Journal explains how a recent N.C. Court…
Idaho facing crowd out after Medicaid expansion
Medicaid expansion has been one of the most intensely debated topics at the North Carolina General Assembly this session. My colleagues and I at the John Locke Foundation believe this…