In everything we do, my Administration is fighting for the rights of American consumers, the wellbeing of American patients, and the health of the American people.
Published: Saturday, October 3rd, 2020 @ 9:23 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, Governor Roy Cooper signed the following 24 bills into law: House Bill 1023 & 23 others
Published: Friday, July 3rd, 2020 @ 10:06 am
By: Governor's Office
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Medical expenses in America are on the rise, and the medical insurance industry plays a huge role in this trend.
Published: Tuesday, June 9th, 2020 @ 10:11 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Doctors who fled the health insurance system to offer transparent prices and more personal care got a boost from state lawmakers.
Published: Sunday, June 7th, 2020 @ 12:52 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A Senate committee passed protection for direct primary care providers and discussed regulatory reforms to prepare hospitals and other health care workers for the second wave of the coronavirus.
Published: Friday, May 29th, 2020 @ 5:49 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The coronavirus forced reforms that could help patients access telemedicine and affordable health care, experts said during the “COVID-19 and Telehealth: A New Era In Virtual Care” Shaftesbury Society meeting Monday, May 18.
Published: Tuesday, May 19th, 2020 @ 11:50 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The coronavirus forced Congress to broaden tax relief for millions of Americans with employer-provided health insurance or high-deductible health plans.
Published: Thursday, April 9th, 2020 @ 6:44 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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When the Democratic Congress and the Obama administration enacted the Affordable Care Act a decade ago, the part that got the most attention was a set of insurance exchanges where Americans could enroll in private health plans with varying degrees of subsidy.
Published: Tuesday, November 19th, 2019 @ 3:11 am
By: Carolina Journal
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As we near the end of President Trump’s third year in office, it’s worth looking back at some of the health care policies enacted by this administration so far.
Published: Wednesday, September 18th, 2019 @ 12:47 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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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.
Published: Friday, September 13th, 2019 @ 12:19 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina's largest insurer has brokered an agreement with three national health care companies to open intensive primary care clinics this year in areas lacking services.
Published: Monday, March 11th, 2019 @ 2:08 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Direct primary care (DPC) is the Netflix of primary care. In exchange for a small monthly fee, patient members of the DPC clinic have around-the-clock access to the services that their physician offers
Published: Tuesday, January 29th, 2019 @ 6:06 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Modern America has a craving for goods and services that are supplied instantaneously
Published: Sunday, November 18th, 2018 @ 1:09 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Natasha Marcus of Davidson hopes to help fellow Democrats break the Republicans' supermajority hold in the N.C. Senate, but to do so she has to foil incumbent Republican Jeffrey Tarte's bid for a fourth term in Senate District 41
Published: Thursday, November 1st, 2018 @ 1:29 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina ranks 44th in the nation in access to health care. When you consider we have great access in some parts of the state - those close to metropolitan areas and teaching hospitals in Charlotte-Mecklenburg, the Triad, and Triangle - the overall ranking is misleading
Published: Monday, May 21st, 2018 @ 10:21 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The N.C. General Assembly is scheduled to return for the 2018 short legislative session on Wednesday, May 16
Published: Sunday, May 6th, 2018 @ 11:11 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The state legislature adjourned the 2017 long session June 29. They were done, right? Expected back all afresh and new in spring of 2018 after a long break of doing nothing? Not exactly
Published: Saturday, March 10th, 2018 @ 12:14 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Republicans' failure to repeal and replace Obamacare leaves the fate of free-market health reforms unclear
Published: Saturday, November 4th, 2017 @ 4:02 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The debate about the future of the Affordable Care Act is surging once again
Published: Thursday, September 28th, 2017 @ 2:23 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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As Republicans try to spark what many see as their last, best effort to repeal Obamacare, health-care analyst Avik Roy is throwing dirt on the Graham-Cassidy bill
Published: Thursday, September 28th, 2017 @ 3:42 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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We will offer this allotment of three with more to come; some old, most new, but all quite informative, and, moreover, necessary to understanding that in North Carolina, there is a wiser path to govern ourselves and our People.
Published: Thursday, May 11th, 2017 @ 2:51 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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As recent events have reminded us, North Carolina's state government is not a precise analogue to the federal government
Published: Monday, March 6th, 2017 @ 9:06 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Robert Graboyes' 93-year-old mother had a phone and an iPad, and she knew how to use them
Published: Friday, February 3rd, 2017 @ 4:30 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The best word to describe the year 2016 is unsettling. We barely had time to break our New Year's resolutions before the year crashed down on us
Published: Saturday, January 7th, 2017 @ 6:31 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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We will offer this allotment of three with more to come; some old, most new, but all quite informative, and, moreover, necessary to understanding that in North Carolina, there is a wiser path to govern ourselves and our People.
Published: Wednesday, December 21st, 2016 @ 2:53 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A new Direct Primary Care option helped Union County government save more than $1.28 million on health care claims in its first year, without sacrificing quality of care for county government employeesv
Published: Tuesday, December 13th, 2016 @ 11:21 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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One of the main issues in the race for House District 41 is health insurance - specifically whether and how the state should deal with Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act.
Published: Wednesday, October 26th, 2016 @ 12:44 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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We will offer this allotment of three with more to come; some old, most new, but all quite informative, and, moreover, necessary to understanding that in North Carolina, there is a wiser path to govern ourselves and our People.
Published: Friday, September 2nd, 2016 @ 9:49 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Mark Watson, executive director of human resources for Union County, will openly admit he is the ultimate skeptic
Published: Tuesday, August 2nd, 2016 @ 12:55 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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We will offer this allotment of three with more to come; some old, most new, but all quite informative, and, moreover, necessary to understanding that in North Carolina, there is a wiser path to govern ourselves and our People.
Published: Wednesday, June 29th, 2016 @ 11:44 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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We will offer this allotment of three with more to come; some old, most new, but all quite informative, and, moreover, necessary to understanding that in North Carolina, there is a wiser path to govern ourselves and our People.
Published: Sunday, May 29th, 2016 @ 3:36 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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We will offer this allotment of three with more to come; some old, most new, but all quite informative, and, moreover, necessary to understanding that in North Carolina, there is a wiser path to govern ourselves and our People.
Published: Monday, May 23rd, 2016 @ 3:22 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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