Health Care
Focusing on creating and pushing legislation that secures a free, competitive health care market for North Carolinians.
Health care for the poor
Keith Smith co-founded the Surgery Center of Oklahoma, which describes itself as a “free market-loving, price-displaying, state-of-the-art, AAAHC accredited, doctor owned, multispecialty surgical facility in central OK.” In a recent…
Medicaid eats state budgets
Gov. Cooper’s Medicaid Mess
Later today, Governor Cooper will address the state to delay Medicaid transformation again. Initially slated for a November 2019 rollout, then pushed back to February of 2020, moving the Medicaid…
Forbes bucks conventional wisdom on Libra, e-cigarettes
Steve Forbes‘ latest contributions to Forbes magazine take on two recent controversies. First, he discusses Facebook’s focus on an alternative currency. [R]egulatory pressures have forced a number of companies that…
National Review editor ponders Warren’s Medicare-for-all ‘debacle’
Rich Lowry muses at National Review Online about the negative response to Democratic presidential contender Elizabeth Warren’s health care plan. The clear loser of the Democratic primary is “Medicare for…
Colonial Health Care
As we head toward Thanksgiving, JLF’s Jordan Roberts has published a research brief on the health care to which the pilgrims would have had access. Roberts explains: The patrons on…
New Carolina Journal Online features
Julie Havlak reports for Carolina Journal Online on delays for N.C. Medicaid’s planned transition to managed care. John Hood’s Daily Journal questions the constitutionality of a new law that could…
Trump administration’s new transparency rule
Last week the Trump administration announced it would begin forcing hospitals to publically disclose the rates in which they negotiate with insurers. I wrote about this on the blog back…
Health Care in the New World
Thanksgiving is a time that we gather with friends and family to give thanks for our blessings and good fortune. One of the most important things that we can give…
Democrat hypocrisy on health coverage
Last week, a three-judge panel for the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments in ongoing litigation concerning a Trump administration rule, which expanded access to association health plans (AHP). North…
Problems with Warren’s health care plan
Philip Klein of the Washington Examiner looks into flaws in Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren’s health care plan. To prove her preposterous claim that she could finance her plan without…
This weekend on Carolina Journal Radio
Mecklenburg County voters recently rejected a sales-tax increase for “arts and parks.” Joseph Coletti places that vote in context of N.C. counties’ overall record on recent sales-tax votes for the…