The Biden-Harris Administration will open a Special Enrollment Period for Americans to sign up for health coverage and roll back attacks on the Affordable Care Act, Medicaid, and access to reproductive health care
Published: Friday, January 29th, 2021 @ 8:37 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The governor’s health-care panel recently released a set of guiding principles for medical management in the state.
Published: Thursday, January 28th, 2021 @ 8:46 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The North Carolina Council on Health Care Coverage held its last meeting today to finalize principles to help guide Governor Roy Cooper and legislative leaders as they consider options to increase affordable and comprehensive health coverage for North Carolinians.
Published: Friday, January 22nd, 2021 @ 4:09 pm
By: Governor's Office
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As the Biden administration takes office, there will be a stark contrast with the Trump administration on almost all policy areas.
Published: Saturday, January 9th, 2021 @ 2:01 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Governor Roy Cooper will join members of The North Carolina Council on Health Care Coverage for its third meeting today as the Council discusses options and guiding principles to expand access to health care coverage for North Carolinians.
Published: Friday, January 8th, 2021 @ 10:09 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Gov. Cooper Encourages North Carolinians Without Health Insurance To Take Action by Dec. 15 DeadlineNorth Carolinians who still need to enroll or re-enroll should visit HealthCare.gov
Published: Sunday, December 13th, 2020 @ 2:44 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Council’s first meeting will be held today at 10 am; livestream link available
Published: Friday, December 4th, 2020 @ 11:20 am
By: Governor's Office
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Brandon has three little girls, no job, and no health insurance.
Published: Monday, August 3rd, 2020 @ 1:23 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Awareness Day is an opportunity to draw attention to PTSD
Published: Tuesday, June 30th, 2020 @ 10:44 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Department of Justice is asking the Supreme Court to strike down the Affordable Care Act, known as Obamacare, as unconstitutional after Congress effectively cut out the individual mandate.
Published: Monday, June 29th, 2020 @ 12:39 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Each year, in the week leading up to Father’s Day, our Nation recognizes Men’s Health Week to raise awareness of the diseases and illnesses that affect America’s men.
Published: Wednesday, June 17th, 2020 @ 3:26 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Editors at the Washington Examiner remind us that the Democratic health care policy dubbed Medicare for All would not have prevented our current coronavirus problem.
Published: Monday, April 6th, 2020 @ 9:35 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Telemedicine is finally realizing its potential in patients’ homes and hospital rooms across North Carolina.
Published: Saturday, April 4th, 2020 @ 9:47 am
By: Carolina Journal
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At a certain age, everyone begins to wonder, “Have I saved enough for retirement?”
Published: Wednesday, February 19th, 2020 @ 3:04 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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At a certain age, everyone begins to wonder, “Have I saved enough for retirement?”
Published: Tuesday, February 18th, 2020 @ 7:52 am
By: Carolina Journal
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This year marks the 50th anniversary of North Carolina’s Medicaid program, which provides health coverage for low-income adults, children, pregnant women, seniors and people with disabilities throughout the state.
Published: Saturday, February 8th, 2020 @ 5:32 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Roy Cooper and Secretary of Health and Human Services Mandy K. Cohen met with eastern North Carolina leaders today to discuss the need for Medicaid expansion to improve health outcomes and bolster economies in the region.
Published: Wednesday, January 15th, 2020 @ 6:15 am
By: Governor's Office
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North Carolinians who buy their own health insurance need to enroll by Dec. 15
Published: Friday, December 6th, 2019 @ 1:25 pm
By: Governor's Office
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The N.C. Department of Health and Human Services confirmed Tuesday, Nov. 19, that Medicaid transformation would be placed on hold indefinitely.
Published: Saturday, November 30th, 2019 @ 1:34 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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An overhaul of North Carolina’s Medicaid system, approved years ago and weeks into enrollment, is being postponed indefinitely because funding for it was vetoed by Gov. Cooper.
Published: Thursday, November 21st, 2019 @ 6:46 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services today announced that because the NC General Assembly did not take needed action, managed care implementation and open enrollment for NC Medicaid must be suspended.
Published: Wednesday, November 20th, 2019 @ 9:43 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Roy Cooper today encouraged North Carolinians who do not have health insurance to enroll for 2020 coverage through the federal Health Insurance Marketplace at HealthCare.gov.
Published: Sunday, November 3rd, 2019 @ 3:11 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Since the beginning of his Administration, President Trump has put patients first so every American has the highest quality of healthcare in the world.
Published: Friday, October 4th, 2019 @ 8:07 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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I pondered that question when I read a Wall Street Journal article about a couple who did just that.
Published: Sunday, September 29th, 2019 @ 3:56 am
By: Kathy Manos Penn
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A leaked letter reveals that the United States is pushing fellow United Nations member states to join them in fighting "to protect the unborn."
Published: Tuesday, September 24th, 2019 @ 3:58 pm
By: Daily Wire
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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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Today, Lt. Governor Dan Forest released the following statement:
Published: Thursday, August 15th, 2019 @ 4:37 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Small businesses struggling with health-care costs could gain new bargaining power with insurers, after a controversial bill passed the House, 82-32.
Published: Thursday, August 15th, 2019 @ 9:01 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Governor Roy Cooper met with childcare teachers at Mama Lissa’s Tiny Tot University, a five-star child care facility in Shelby. In a roundtable discussion, teachers shared that preventable diseases go untreated because they need access to health insurance.
Published: Monday, August 12th, 2019 @ 5:34 pm
By: Governor's Office
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It has been 28 days since Governor Cooper proposed a budget compromise and urged Republican leaders to come to the negotiating table.
Published: Friday, August 9th, 2019 @ 2:12 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Governor Roy Cooper met with people from across the Piedmont and western regions of the state to hear firsthand the choices that they are forced to make because they cannot access affordable, quality health insurance.
Published: Saturday, August 3rd, 2019 @ 12:38 am
By: Governor's Office
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We are more than three weeks into the new fiscal year and the state is still without a budget thanks to Governor Roy Cooper’s Medicaid expansion-or-nothing ultimatum.
Published: Friday, July 26th, 2019 @ 1:03 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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It has been fourteen days since Governor Roy Cooper and Democratic leaders offered a reasonable, balanced compromise to move forward with a new state budget and Republican leaders have still not returned a counteroffer.
Published: Tuesday, July 23rd, 2019 @ 8:11 am
By: Governor's Office
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