Obamacare has failed. Almost all of its original promises have been broken
Published: Sunday, January 15th, 2017 @ 4:49 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Roy Cooper spent his last few weeks as governor-elect of North Carolina attacking the state legislature for encroaching on the separation of powers, weakening the rule of law, subverting the will of the voters, and hurrying new policies through too quickly, without adequate discussion
Published: Monday, January 9th, 2017 @ 7:21 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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In a press release issued late Friday afternoon, Gov. Roy Cooper rolled out his request to federal officials to expand Medicaid coverage under the Affordable Care Act
Published: Monday, January 9th, 2017 @ 2:12 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Gov. Roy Cooper announced Wednesday he will, by asking Washington to amend the state's Medicaid plan, expand Medicaid coverage under the Affordable Care Act
Published: Saturday, January 7th, 2017 @ 1:06 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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What do the $15 minimum wage, Obamacare, and proposed gun control laws all have in common? Of course, we could say, uncontroversially, that they are all policies supported by progressives and at least in part form the backbone of modern day progressivism's policy agenda
Published: Monday, December 26th, 2016 @ 8:49 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump is pushing a health-care plan similar to a proposal Dr. Ben Carson floated during his short run in the Republican primary
Published: Thursday, December 22nd, 2016 @ 8:07 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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It is too early to tell at this writing whether Roy Cooper's slim election night lead over Pat McCrory will hold after the remaining ballots are counted, all ballots are recounted, and all potential legal contests and protests are filed and adjudicated
Published: Wednesday, November 16th, 2016 @ 5:34 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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President Obama is trying to make Hillary's case to North Carolinians even though she just learned she's under federal investigation yet again
Published: Tuesday, November 8th, 2016 @ 1:22 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Roy Cooper refused to fight Obamacare during his time as attorney general and continues to stand by the devastating health care law today
Published: Thursday, October 27th, 2016 @ 12:05 am
By: McCrory Communications
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"Bill Clinton was right. Obamacare is the craziest thing in the world. We were told it would make healthcare more affordable, yet hundreds of thousands of North Carolinians are seeing higher premiums by an average of nearly 25 percent
Published: Wednesday, October 26th, 2016 @ 5:12 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina has just been approved to raise the premiums of its health plans within the state's Affordable Care Act exchanges by an average of 24 percent
Published: Wednesday, October 19th, 2016 @ 11:59 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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During Tuesday's televised debate with incumbent Gov. Pat McCrory, Democratic challenger Roy Cooper took several opportunities to chide the governor for refusing both to advocate a North Carolina-based "exchange" that would market policies under the Affordable Care Act
Published: Friday, October 14th, 2016 @ 6:12 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Western Carolina University senior Tyann Stubbs juggles two on-campus jobs to help pay her own way through school. And she loves her work
Published: Thursday, August 25th, 2016 @ 1:04 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The U.S. Supreme Court has delivered some interesting surprises in the consolidated group of cases known as Zubik v. Burwell
Published: Saturday, May 28th, 2016 @ 12:17 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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I had been to the emergency room enough growing up to know that we were in for at least three or four hours of waiting before we were seen
Published: Monday, May 16th, 2016 @ 7:46 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The continuing calls to expand Medicaid coverage under the Affordable Care Act have a seemingly unlikely ally - Medicaid Health Plans of America, the trade association representing a number of top Medicaid managed care organizations
Published: Thursday, April 21st, 2016 @ 10:28 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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State Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin is concerned that insurers "have left health insurance markets in droves due to the increased burdens" of the Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare
Published: Tuesday, March 29th, 2016 @ 3:14 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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When it comes to politics, North Carolina is a closely divided state in many ways.
Published: Friday, March 25th, 2016 @ 3:51 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Six years ago today, amid glowing promises of cost-cutting and expanded health care for all, President Obama signed into law his signature Affordable Care Act
Published: Wednesday, March 23rd, 2016 @ 9:16 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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We've talked for decades about healthcare reform but the only significant attempt to change the skyrocketing costs of health insurance, escalating pharmaceutical costs and deepening dissatisfaction has been Obamacare.
Published: Wednesday, March 2nd, 2016 @ 11:22 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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In America, at least in the America that I used to know, people believed in themselves and they believed in freedom and the individual pursuit of happiness. Unfortunately, we do not seem to believe that anymore.
Published: Tuesday, January 19th, 2016 @ 10:02 pm
By: Rod Eccles
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It's unlikely Congress will take major steps in the next year to reform the federal tax code or the Affordable Care Act. That's the assessment from a leader of the National Taxpayers Union.
Published: Monday, January 11th, 2016 @ 6:39 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Obamacare's failing co-ops (consumer-operated and oriented health plans) simply reinforce the fact that government intervention in health care creates all sorts of problems.
Published: Saturday, January 9th, 2016 @ 6:02 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Obamacare's third annual enrollment period for health insurance is officially underway
Published: Thursday, January 7th, 2016 @ 5:07 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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When the Affordable Care Act passed Congress in 2010, analysts from the Congressional Budget Office, the federal agency overseeing Medicare and Medicaid, and private-sector allies released estimates for how many Americans would enroll in ACA-exchange plans over the ensuing years
Published: Tuesday, January 5th, 2016 @ 8:45 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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I have never been a fan of the Fair Tax, a proposal to abolish the income tax and substitute a national sales tax. My opposition has nothing to do with the merits of a national sales tax as opposed to an income tax per se. Clearly, as an economist, I agree that the proper and most efficient tax...
Published: Tuesday, September 15th, 2015 @ 2:21 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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At face value, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) granted health insurance companies a pretty sweet deal. People are required to purchase their products under the law's individual mandate.
Published: Thursday, August 13th, 2015 @ 5:42 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Flaws built into the Affordable Care Act are leading to an older, sicker mix of insurance policyholders in North Carolina
Published: Wednesday, August 12th, 2015 @ 2:56 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Affordable Care Act's (ACA) health insurance exchanges are just one mechanism to expand coverage that primarily benefits low-income individual market policyholders and those with pre-existing conditions who cannot afford or access employer-sponsored health insurance.
Published: Tuesday, August 11th, 2015 @ 2:38 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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As readers are no doubt well aware, two weeks ago Chief Justice Roberts delivered the majority opinion in King v. Burwell. He held that, in the context of the Affordable Care Act, the phrase, "An Exchange established by the State," should be interpreted to...
Published: Sunday, July 26th, 2015 @ 12:03 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Today, the United States Supreme Court once again opted not to rule a key provision of the Affordable Care Act unconstitutional.
Published: Thursday, July 23rd, 2015 @ 9:18 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Today, Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) spoke on the Senate floor to discuss the ever-failing Affordable Care Act and why President Obama’s current “one-size-fits-all” approach is simply not affordable and will not help deliver a health care system that works for everyone.
Published: Wednesday, June 24th, 2015 @ 9:45 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) issued the following statement after Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (BCBSNC) announced that its customers covered under the President’s Affordable Care Act will face an average 25.7 percent premium rate increase next year.
Published: Tuesday, June 2nd, 2015 @ 10:49 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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