Health Care
Focusing on creating and pushing legislation that secures a free, competitive health care market for North Carolinians.
Do Hospital Consolidations Lower Prices? (Spoiler Alert: No.)
This week, JLF’s Jordan Roberts published a research brief on hospital consolidation. Recently, the American Hospital Association released a study on hospital consolidation. According to Roberts: The new study builds on a report from…
Do Hospital Consolidations Lower Prices?
There are several prominent players in the health care delivery process. There are patients, physicians, insurers, hospitals, pharmaceutical companies, and pharmacy benefit managers, to name a few. Interestingly, when asked…
Threats to real opportunity for lowering health care costs
Kimberly Leonard of the Washington Examiner warns partisans of all stripes about threats to real movement on cutting health care costs. Republicans, Democrats, and President Trump have a chance to…
New Carolina Journal Online features
Kari Travis reports for Carolina Journal Online on the N.C. legislative debate surrounding redrawing election maps. Becki Gray’s Daily Journal explains why Indiana’s Medicaid expansion should not serve as a…
Do soda taxes reduce the consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages?
A study of the implementation of a soda tax on sugar-sweetened beverages sold in Oakland, CA suggests that it didn’t. Here is the abstract of “Oakland’s Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Tax: Impacts…
Lowering regulatory barriers to help address doctor shortage
Jeffrey Singer writes for the “Cato at Liberty” blog about steps that could help deal with a projected doctor shortage. The Association of American Medical Colleges projects a severe physician…
CJ Reports: UNC Hospitals granted accreditation, but further scrutiny is likely
Friday, Carolina Journal’s Julie Havlak reported an update on UNC Hospitals’ Joint Commission accreditation. Havlak reports: UNC Hospitals is one step closer to regaining its clean reputation, but concerns remain. …
This weekend on Carolina Journal Radio
President Trump heads back to North Carolina next week to stump for the Republican in the special 9th District congressional race. Rick Henderson discusses Trump’s visit and both of the…
How Do We Lower Health Care Costs? Jordan Roberts Speaks To America’s Future Foundation
Lowering the high costs of health care is a daunting challenge, but as JLF’s Jordan Roberts wrote in this piece published by the Fayetteville Observer recently, there are five steps…
Rex Hospital Is Looking for Cuddlers
CNN reports: Doctors know the healing power of touch, especially for pre-term babies or those born with addiction or other health issues. That’s why Raleigh’s UNC-Rex Birth Center NICU is…
Trump Administration Expands Health Savings Accounts
This week, JLF’s Jordan Roberts published a research brief on a huge potential change in health care. According to Roberts: President Trump signed the Executive Order on Improving Price and Quality…
Trump Administration Strengthens Health Savings Accounts
Health care legislation or health care reform often consists of new regulations or new restrictions on what a patient can do or how they access care. Whenever health care reform…