On Wednesday, the Senate Health Care Committee passed House Bill 808 (H.B. 808), which would prohibit medical professionals from performing surgical gender transition procedures, giving puberty-blocking drugs, or giving cross-sex hormones to minors.
Published: Friday, August 18th, 2023 @ 12:17 am
By: Carolina Journal
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On Tuesday, Senate lawmakers approved a bill prohibiting biological males from competing in sports designated for biological females at North Carolina schools and universities. It will now seek the House’s concurrence before advancing to Gov. Roy Cooper’s desk.
Published: Wednesday, August 16th, 2023 @ 12:00 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The North Carolina House Health Committee passed a measure Tuesday that would ban public health facilities, or any providers under contract with them, from performing surgical gender transition procedures on minors
Published: Tuesday, August 15th, 2023 @ 10:25 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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On Tuesday, for the first time, a North Carolina House committee heard a bill (S.B. 3) to legalize marijuana use for certain medical reasons. The House Health Committee did not hold a vote on S.B. 3 but discussed the bill for about 30 minutes.
Published: Sunday, July 16th, 2023 @ 1:11 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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On Monday, news broke that state House Rep. Erin Pare, R-Wake, is weighing a run for Congress. Pare is currently the only Republican lawmaker who represents part of Wake County.
Published: Sunday, June 11th, 2023 @ 6:56 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A bill that would ban transgender surgeries for minors in North Carolina was hurried through a House committee on Tuesday.
Published: Tuesday, June 6th, 2023 @ 6:09 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A bipartisan House bill that would allow Blue Cross Blue Shield North Carolina to reorganize and create a holding company that could transfer billions in surplus policyholder money is on its way to the House Rules Committee after passing in the House Insurance Committee Wednesday.
Published: Friday, June 2nd, 2023 @ 5:34 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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NC Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey spoke out against an N.C. House bill that would allow Blue Cross Blue Shield North Carolina to create a holding company in which it could move policyholder money.
Published: Friday, June 2nd, 2023 @ 8:31 am
By: Carolina Journal
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On Tuesday, the House Health Committee will consider several bills that critics say are likely to raise insurance costs for consumers.
Published: Thursday, June 1st, 2023 @ 12:55 am
By: Carolina Journal
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State and local governments in North Carolina would be barred from requiring the COVID-19 vaccine for employees or students under a bill passed March 21 by the House Health Committee.
Published: Wednesday, April 12th, 2023 @ 11:14 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A bill to ban sex-change procedures on minors in Tennessee passed in the state House on Thursday and will go to the desk of Republican Governor Bill Lee.
Published: Friday, March 3rd, 2023 @ 6:15 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Young adults who formerly identified as transgender are testifying in favor of banning the chemical and surgical treatments for minors that medically harmed them.
Published: Wednesday, February 15th, 2023 @ 1:11 am
By: Daily Wire
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The North Carolina House Health Committee discussed a bill Thursday that would direct the state health agency to come up with a Medicaid Modernization Plan, to expanding Medicaid with work requirements for the expansion enrollees.
Published: Wednesday, July 6th, 2022 @ 8:35 am
By: Carolina Journal
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NCACC Weekly Update — May 7
Published: Thursday, May 13th, 2021 @ 10:52 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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State treasurer says charges to state employees health insurance should be transparent.
Published: Saturday, April 17th, 2021 @ 7:27 am
By: Carolina Journal
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If North Carolina’s Republican lieutenant governor wins his legal battle with the Democratic governor, a leading voice within the state’s political Left might deserve a bit of credit.
Published: Sunday, August 9th, 2020 @ 8:39 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A Senate bill to ensure visitation rights for hospital patients passed the House unanimously Thursday, June 25.
Published: Friday, June 26th, 2020 @ 3:49 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Hospital patients and caregivers angry, frustrated COVID-19 regulations split them apart
Published: Sunday, June 21st, 2020 @ 3:47 am
By: Carolina Journal
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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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S.B. 432 passed the House, 94-9, on Wednesday, Oct. 23, and now goes to the Senate.
Published: Wednesday, October 30th, 2019 @ 7:08 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Time is running out, and Medicaid transformation is imperiled.
Published: Thursday, October 24th, 2019 @ 11:01 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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To bear the burden of expanding Medicaid, states rely on Uncle Sam to pick up 90% of the costs. So far, the federal government hasn’t failed.
Published: Wednesday, September 25th, 2019 @ 3:13 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The Republican version of Medicaid expansion will move to the House floor.
Published: Friday, September 20th, 2019 @ 2:06 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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North Carolina doesn’t just have a health care gap. Large fissures riddle the system.
Published: Thursday, September 19th, 2019 @ 12:47 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The budget passed the N.C. House in a controversial veto override, but the debate over Medicaid expansion is far from over.
Published: Wednesday, September 18th, 2019 @ 6:00 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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In a runoff election featuring two physicians, Greenville surgeon and state Rep. Greg Murphy easily defeated Kinston pediatrician Joan Perry for the Republican nomination in the 3rd U.S. Congressional District.
Published: Thursday, July 11th, 2019 @ 1:15 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Folwell is locked in a heated battle with state hospitals, health systems, doctors, and legislative supporters of House Bill 184, which is slated for a House floor vote Wednesday, April 3.
Published: Monday, April 15th, 2019 @ 3:56 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The House Health Committee overwhelmingly approved a bill blocking State Treasurer Dale Folwell’s controversial State Health Plan reforms while moving up a deadline to study alternatives.
Published: Thursday, March 28th, 2019 @ 3:25 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Tomorrow morning (Tuesday), legislators in the House Health Committee will vote on HB184 - a bad bill that will cost taxpayers and State Health Plan members more than $1 million per day if it's enacted.
Published: Tuesday, March 26th, 2019 @ 8:44 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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Hospital lobbyists persuaded lawmakers to draft legislation blocking N.C. Treasurer Dale Folwell's cost-cutting reforms to the State Health Plan, Carolina Journal has learned
Published: Sunday, December 2nd, 2018 @ 11:19 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Bickering over the state education budget opened the floodgates to a red sea in downtown Raleigh
Published: Monday, May 28th, 2018 @ 4:47 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The infant mortality rate remains frustratingly high in North Carolina compared to the national average, a report from the state Department of Health and Human Services finds
Published: Monday, November 13th, 2017 @ 10:02 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The push to reform North Carolina's certificate-of-need laws that limit entry into the state's health care market will continue in the upcoming session, state senators say
Published: Saturday, December 31st, 2016 @ 8:58 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A Durham orthopedic surgeon argues that the State Health Plan for public employees wastes a quarter-billion dollars annually because North Carolina's certificate-of-need laws force patients to use hospital-based facilities instead of physician-operated outpatient surgery clinics.
Published: Tuesday, October 11th, 2016 @ 5:23 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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