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Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper finally sat down with Republican legislative leaders Wednesday, June 19, less than two weeks before the end of the fiscal year, to negotiate a budget.
Published: Thursday, June 20th, 2019 @ 1:27 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The Senate has overwhelmingly passed Senate Bill 86, which could make high-quality, affordable health care insurance available to tens of thousands of North Carolina residents lacking coverage.
Published: Saturday, March 30th, 2019 @ 11:41 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The Senate has overwhelmingly passed Senate Bill 86, which could make high-quality, affordable health care insurance available to tens of thousands of North Carolina residents lacking coverage.
Published: Tuesday, March 26th, 2019 @ 10:01 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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North Carolina has received federal approval to transition to a cost-saving, whole-health Medicaid managed care system that will take the state out of the day-to-day management of the government insurance program for the elderly, disabled, and poor
Published: Thursday, October 25th, 2018 @ 9:14 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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As chief budget writer in the House, state Rep. Nelson Dollar is accustomed to dealing with big numbers.
Published: Wednesday, September 26th, 2018 @ 8:22 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Freshman Republican legislator Greg Murphy's first legislative vote as a new state representative was a doozy: House Bill 2
Published: Tuesday, October 4th, 2016 @ 12:15 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Thanks to President Barack Obama’s debut as a contributor for the Journal of the American Medical Association, the “public option” has made its way back into the great health care debate
Published: Wednesday, September 28th, 2016 @ 10:43 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Senate on Tuesday rejected a last-minute amendment that would expand Medicaid eligibility, and with 34-10 bipartisan support passed a bill making sweeping changes to the government insurance program for the poor, elderly, and disabled.
Published: Friday, August 21st, 2015 @ 3:30 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Senate leaders' $21.63 billion General Fund budget proposal includes major policy initiatives related to Medicaid, removing responsibility for Medicaid from the state Department of Health and Human Services while creating a Cabinet-level Health Benefits Authority to administer the $14 billion govern
Published: Monday, June 22nd, 2015 @ 11:21 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Gov. Pat McCrory called on lawmakers to honor a promise to increase starting teacher salaries to $35,000 and included salary boosts for state troopers and corrections officers Thursday as he unveiled his $21.5 billion General Fund budget for the 2015-16 fiscal year.
Published: Wednesday, March 11th, 2015 @ 9:18 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Replicating a cost-saving Illinois reform program could root out Medicaid fraud and abuse, but if not done properly, the state could be forced to repay the federal government for any misspent dollars, a key Senate Republican says.
Published: Sunday, March 8th, 2015 @ 1:46 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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If North Carolina doesn't reform its Medicaid delivery system, costs of the government insurance program for the poor and disabled will grow faster than new state revenue, says state Sen. Ralph Hise, R-Mitchell.
Published: Wednesday, December 10th, 2014 @ 1:35 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina's Medicaid program is in a major state of disarray, costing taxpayers "hundreds of millions of dollars" in mismanagement, a blistering state audit revealed.
Published: Sunday, February 3rd, 2013 @ 12:16 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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