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Members of the North Carolina Rural Health Association (NCRHA) visited Washington, D.C., on Feb. 14, 2024, to meet with elected officials and advocate for policies to improve access to care in rural areas.
Published: Wednesday, February 28th, 2024 @ 12:51 am
By: ENC NOW
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Prominent mental health organizations have come out in support of transgender ideology, demanding that counselors affirm feelings of gender dysphoria in patients and advocate for policies that push transgenderism in schools.
Published: Tuesday, November 28th, 2023 @ 9:25 am
By: Daily Wire
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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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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services' work to increase COVID-19 testing access has been cited as a national model in the Rockefeller Foundation’s newly-released National COVID-19 Testing & Tracing Action Plan.
Published: Wednesday, July 22nd, 2020 @ 7:19 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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America’s convoluted, public-private health care system is filled with bad policies and inefficiencies.
Published: Wednesday, July 15th, 2020 @ 11:53 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services has received approval from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to temporarily waive certain Medicaid policies as part of North Carolina’s response to the COVID-19.
Published: Tuesday, April 21st, 2020 @ 4:12 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services has sought authority from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to temporarily waive certain Medicaid and NC Health Choice policies as part of North Carolina’s response to the COVID-19.
Published: Thursday, March 19th, 2020 @ 11:32 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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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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The North Carolina Payers Council, a group of public and private health care payers formed as part of Governor Roy Cooper's 2017 North Carolina Opioid Action Plan to identify, align and implement policies to combat the opioid crisis, today released a report that identifies a five-pronged approach to
Published: Wednesday, September 12th, 2018 @ 9:31 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) joined Senators Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Mike Rounds (R-SD), and Mark Warner (D-VA) at a press conference to introduce the "Veterans Health Care Staffing Improvement Act," which makes common-sense changes to staffing policies at the Department of Veterans Affairs to...
Published: Wednesday, January 6th, 2016 @ 2:46 am
By: Chris Downey
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A withering state audit uncovered a pattern of abuses by a division director at the Department of Health and Human Services, unearthing $1.6 million in excessive salaries and wages, rampant nepotism, failure to follow state policies, and continuing lax oversight at the agency.
Published: Sunday, May 17th, 2015 @ 12:51 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina insurance policy holders will pick up $10.5 million in additional premium costs if a bill requiring expanded coverage of chiropractic services recommended April 21 by a legislative study committee is approved in the General Assembly's short session opening this week.
Published: Thursday, May 15th, 2014 @ 7:15 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Wake up, people: An insidious corporate conspiracy is afoot, and it has a nefarious goal - forcing you to buy health insurance policies that you were choosing to purchase anyway. At least that’s what Sen. Kay Hagan and other Democrats scrambling to defend Obamacare after its clunky rollout are...
Published: Thursday, December 5th, 2013 @ 12:03 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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FirstCarolinaCare Insurance Company is withdrawing from participation in the federal health exchange. Uninsured North Carolina consumers will have only two provider options from which to purchase policies approved by federal regulators and mandated under the Affordable Care Act (aka Obamacare)...
Published: Sunday, September 15th, 2013 @ 10:42 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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