Fiancé of mass shooting victim claims that he didn’t know memorial event would be so political and feels used
Published: Thursday, November 17th, 2022 @ 6:30 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Almost as dumb as wearing face masks to stop Covid
Published: Monday, June 6th, 2022 @ 9:53 am
By: Beaufort Observer Editorial Team
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The N.C. General Assembly convenes the 2022 short session after the longest long session in state history concluded in March.
Published: Monday, May 30th, 2022 @ 1:06 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Maybe you remember the classic 1975 film, Network, where the anchor Howard Beale, throws open a window and shouts, "I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take it anymore."
Published: Wednesday, November 17th, 2021 @ 5:38 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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Experts say reform would open door for safer, more convenient care
Published: Monday, May 3rd, 2021 @ 2:09 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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These qualified, impressive, and dedicated individuals reflect the diversity and strength of America and will play critical roles advancing the Biden-Harris Administration’s commitment to tackling the crises we face and building back our country better.
Published: Wednesday, March 10th, 2021 @ 6:40 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The COVID-19 Health Equity Task Force will provide recommendations for addressing health inequities caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and for preventing such inequities in the future
Published: Friday, February 12th, 2021 @ 9:17 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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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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When State Treasurer Dale Folwell took office in early 2017, he found North Carolina’s State Health Plan to be in even worse shape than he originally thought.
Published: Thursday, September 5th, 2019 @ 11:48 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Every child deserves to grow up in a safe community surrounded by a loving family and to have a future filled with opportunity and with hope.
Published: Monday, March 12th, 2018 @ 7:41 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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As of this afternoon, the GOP tax reform package has been approved by the House and is now headed to the Senate for a final vote this evening
Published: Saturday, January 6th, 2018 @ 4:09 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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President Donald J. Trump today announced his intent to nominate the following individuals to key positions in his Administration
Published: Wednesday, November 22nd, 2017 @ 4:52 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The following are statements of support for President Trump's HHS Secretary nominee Alex Azar
Published: Tuesday, November 14th, 2017 @ 6:15 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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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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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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House and Senate Republicans are stuck in a debate about oversight of the state's largest mental health provider and who will control mental health services for hundreds of thousands of North Carolinians
Published: Thursday, July 13th, 2017 @ 1:39 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Despite the North Carolina legislature and other federal obstacles standing in the way, Gov. Roy Cooper is relentless in attempts to expand Medicaid, the state-federal program that provides health services at no cost to low-income children, parents, pregnant women, aged, blind, and disabled
Published: Wednesday, March 8th, 2017 @ 11:55 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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The North Carolina Republican Party (NCGOP) released the following statement on Hillary Clinton's campaign stop in Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Published: Thursday, October 27th, 2016 @ 9:12 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Republican Susan Martin is running for a third term to represent House District 8, taking in two-thirds of Wilson County and one-third of Pitt County, where she is being challenged by Charlie Pat Farris, who is a lawyer, lifelong resident, and military veteran
Published: Thursday, October 13th, 2016 @ 2:24 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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In any industry, the quality of service or whether one receives services at all hinges on one critical element: access
Published: Saturday, July 23rd, 2016 @ 10:25 pm
By: ECU News Services
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It's unlikely Congress will take major steps in the next year to reform the federal tax code or the Affordable Care Act. That's the assessment from a leader of the National Taxpayers Union.
Published: Monday, January 11th, 2016 @ 6:39 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The U.S. Department of Justice should butt out of North Carolina's mental health problems, since it is partially responsible for getting us into the situation we now face.
Published: Sunday, January 10th, 2016 @ 11:31 am
By: Tom Campbell
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When the Affordable Care Act passed Congress in 2010, analysts from the Congressional Budget Office, the federal agency overseeing Medicare and Medicaid, and private-sector allies released estimates for how many Americans would enroll in ACA-exchange plans over the ensuing years
Published: Tuesday, January 5th, 2016 @ 8:45 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Since the World War II era, workers have benefited from a rather large implicit tax subsidy on health coverage provided by their employers. Every dollar an employee spends from earned income is taxed, but every dollar spent on health care is not. Those who purchase health plans on their own lose...
Published: Tuesday, October 20th, 2015 @ 9:37 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Health policy doesn't exactly rank high on the summer reading bucket list. Let's be real - for most people, it's not all that fitting for the beach, and it surely doesn't pair well with red wine during a gossipy book-club meeting.
Published: Tuesday, September 15th, 2015 @ 3:01 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Flaws built into the Affordable Care Act are leading to an older, sicker mix of insurance policyholders in North Carolina
Published: Wednesday, August 12th, 2015 @ 2:56 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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More than half of North Carolina voters and 70 percent of Republicans would be less likely to re-elect Gov. Pat McCrory if he supported the expansion of Medicaid under Obamacare, according to a poll released today by the Foundation for Government Accountability.
Published: Tuesday, November 18th, 2014 @ 7:08 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Republican Gary Pendleton believes the tax-cutting and program consolidation strategies he pursued while serving four terms as a Wake County Commissioner are a good template to follow as a state representative in House District 49.
Published: Sunday, November 2nd, 2014 @ 1:12 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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If anyone you love is mentally ill God help you, because the odds of getting adequate help elsewhere are about as good as winning the lottery. I speak from experience. My brother is bi-polar.
Published: Saturday, September 20th, 2014 @ 12:45 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit on Tuesday ruled 2-1 that the federal government cannot tax employers in order to provide health insurance subsidies in North Carolina and 35 other states that refused to establish Obamacare exchanges, potentially threatening the national health reform.
Published: Friday, July 25th, 2014 @ 8:04 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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One of the attorneys hoping to dissolve Obamacare through a lawsuit challenging the health reform act's Independent Payment Advisory Board said the deaths and mismanagement recently reported at Veterans Administration hospitals are "a great preview" of what lies in store if the health care law is...
Published: Sunday, May 25th, 2014 @ 3:05 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Those keeping up with Obamacare are well aware that one of its most popular provisions prohibits insurers from denying health coverage to those with pre-existing conditions. This can no longer happen today under Obamacare's watch.
Published: Saturday, May 3rd, 2014 @ 12:25 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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