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The Community Oral Health Transformation Initiative in North Carolina will test a value-based model of care and set the stage for long-term policy reform
Published: Wednesday, August 17th, 2022 @ 12:12 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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We expect health care providers to focus on improving people’s lives.
Published: Monday, July 26th, 2021 @ 8:56 am
By: Carolina Journal
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From Medicaid changes to increased resources for behavioral health, to higher monetary thresholds for requiring Certificate of Need, the budget bill touches on key healthcare policy issues.
Published: Tuesday, June 29th, 2021 @ 3:59 am
By: Carolina Journal
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In this blog, I’ll highlight two good pieces of health care policy set to be heard in committee soon.
Published: Monday, April 26th, 2021 @ 1:30 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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With President Biden in the White House and Democrats in control of both houses of Congress, conservatives are bracing for a flurry of policy changes on issues they care about.
Published: Thursday, January 28th, 2021 @ 1:19 am
By: Carolina Journal
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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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Although policymakers sometimes portray increasing access and reducing cost as separate objectives for health care reform, the two are closely related.
Published: Wednesday, June 12th, 2019 @ 5:13 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The legal landscape for a major health insurance reform shifted dramatically Thursday with a decision from the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
Published: Thursday, April 4th, 2019 @ 11:32 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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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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The Republican-led General Assembly in the just-ended 2016 short session maintained spending restraint, created and enlarged fiscal safeguards in case of an economic downturn, granted more income tax relief
Published: Saturday, July 9th, 2016 @ 8:28 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina policymakers should take steps to make the state even friendlier to direct primary care
Published: Tuesday, March 8th, 2016 @ 11:44 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Health care policy decisions usually come as federal dictates, so it's a rare opportunity when state legislators have full authority to grant North Carolinians more freedom over their health care options.
Published: Monday, September 7th, 2015 @ 6:00 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Two reports this week from the John Locke Foundation discuss the costly unintended consequences of state government mandates.
Published: Sunday, June 7th, 2015 @ 10:38 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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To kick off the New Year, the Cato Institute hosted its ninth annual health policy conference, where I and other attendees were briefed heavily on the status and potential implications of King v. Burwell - better known as one of the Obamacare "subsidy lawsuits."
Published: Thursday, January 22nd, 2015 @ 9:49 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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This week marks the first annual Healthcare Solutions Week - where public policy think tanks nationwide are raising awareness about how market-based principles can reduce health care costs while increasing quality and accessibility of care.
Published: Monday, October 20th, 2014 @ 10:29 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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On Tuesday, August 12, Rep. Walter B. Jones (NC-3) will be joined by orthopedic surgeon and congressional healthcare policy leader Rep. Tom Price (GA-6) to host a forum on federal issues facing the medical community in North Carolina.
Published: Monday, August 11th, 2014 @ 12:10 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Headlines in recent months have attracted attention to technical problems associated with HealthCare.gov, the primary website associated with the federal Affordable Care Act. While some technical issues remain to be resolved, Hadley Heath, senior policy analyst at the Independent Women's Forum...
Published: Tuesday, February 25th, 2014 @ 5:37 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The federal health care law known as Obamacare creates more problems for North Carolinians than just the faulty website that has generated recent headlines. A new John Locke Foundation Spotlight report documents key Obamacare flaws and offers alternatives for addressing health care needs.
Published: Wednesday, December 4th, 2013 @ 3:19 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Medicaid spending has grown dramatically, while patient health outcomes have declined, as North Carolina has relied on Community Care of North Carolina to serve most Medicaid patients. A new Policy Report from the John Locke Foundation and Florida-based Foundation for Government Accountability highl
Published: Tuesday, October 29th, 2013 @ 1:05 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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When Chief Justice John Roberts released his majority opinion upholding the constitutionality of President Obama's health care bill, the reaction among conservative and libertarian lawyers, scholars, and policy activists was mixed.
Published: Tuesday, July 3rd, 2012 @ 4:42 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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