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Health care is a right, not a privilege — and ensuring that every single American has access to the quality, affordable health care they need is a national imperative.
Published: Sunday, March 7th, 2021 @ 8:45 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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While the health care debate has usually focused on questions of insurance coverage and finance, the composition and delivery of medical services have been changing significantly.
Published: Tuesday, December 31st, 2019 @ 10:36 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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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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Employer-sponsored health insurance coverage is a unique feature of the American health care system.
Published: Tuesday, August 13th, 2019 @ 1:03 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Roy Cooper and Health and Human Services Secretary Mandy Cohen met with North Carolinians from across the political spectrum today.
Published: Wednesday, July 17th, 2019 @ 2:17 pm
By: Governor's Office
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President Donald J. Trump is expanding Health Reimbursement Arrangements (HRAs), opening new coverage options for American workers.
Published: Thursday, June 20th, 2019 @ 12:07 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Senate has overwhelmingly passed Senate Bill 86, which could make high-quality, affordable health care insurance available to tens of thousands of North Carolina residents lacking coverage.
Published: Saturday, March 30th, 2019 @ 11:41 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The Senate has overwhelmingly passed Senate Bill 86, which could make high-quality, affordable health care insurance available to tens of thousands of North Carolina residents lacking coverage.
Published: Tuesday, March 26th, 2019 @ 10:01 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Adults who don’t receive health insurance through their employer struggle to find affordable plans when they look to buy coverage on their own from an insurance company
Published: Tuesday, March 12th, 2019 @ 1:47 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Roy Cooper today encouraged North Carolinians who do not have health insurance coverage to enroll for 2018 through the Health Insurance Marketplace at HealthCare.gov
Published: Tuesday, November 7th, 2017 @ 4:08 pm
By: Governor's Office
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The power to grant a right to health care is the right to deny it
Published: Friday, August 18th, 2017 @ 8:17 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory expanded insurance coverage for Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) by signing the Autism Health Insurance Coverage Act into law today at a ceremony in Charlotte.
Published: Saturday, October 17th, 2015 @ 6:11 am
By: McCrory Communications
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The Affordable Care Act's (ACA) health insurance exchanges are just one mechanism to expand coverage that primarily benefits low-income individual market policyholders and those with pre-existing conditions who cannot afford or access employer-sponsored health insurance.
Published: Tuesday, August 11th, 2015 @ 2:38 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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SCOTUS may have saved Obamacare from having to operate as written, but the landmark decision on King v Burwell has not deterred those on the right side of things from focusing on making health insurance (and more importantly health care) more affordable for more Americans.
Published: Tuesday, July 14th, 2015 @ 6:53 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A new study by researchers at East Carolina University suggests that equivalent health insurance coverage may not level the disparities between African-American and Caucasian lung cancer patients when it comes to the stage at which they're diagnosed.
Published: Saturday, February 21st, 2015 @ 10:22 am
By: ECU News Services
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The Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, focuses on increasing health insurance coverage among Americans. It's unclear whether that focus on health insurance leads to better health care access or quality.
Published: Sunday, October 12th, 2014 @ 12:59 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Employers with fewer than 50 full-time workers do not suffer Obamacare's employer mandate tax if they do not offer health insurance coverage. However, if a firm chooses to offer coverage, it must be compliant with the law's standards.
Published: Wednesday, July 2nd, 2014 @ 2:00 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The North Carolina Senate is preparing to finalize a bill approved last year by the state's House of Representatives mandating more universal health insurance coverage for autism services.
Published: Tuesday, June 10th, 2014 @ 7:08 pm
By: ECU News Services
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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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Health insurance options are available through the new Health Insurance Marketplace. Plans are available that fit most needs and budgets and enrollees can’t be denied coverage for a pre-existing condition.
Published: Wednesday, February 26th, 2014 @ 12:23 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Below are responses from real people across North Carolina describing how the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) is making health insurance far less affordable while often forcing them off their current plans.
Published: Sunday, December 29th, 2013 @ 7:32 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Below are responses from real people across North Carolina describing how the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) is making health insurance far less affordable while often forcing them off their current plans.
Published: Friday, December 27th, 2013 @ 8:49 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Though a League of Women Voters presentation on the Affordable Care Act on Monday sounded more like talking points from the Obama administration than a current assessment of the national healthcare law's impacts and flaws, some uninsured people in attendance said the session was informative.
Published: Tuesday, November 12th, 2013 @ 7:35 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Before Obamacare, before individual mandates, before exchanges, there was Medicaid. Started in 1965 under President Johnson as part of his War on Poverty, Medicaid extended health insurance coverage to low-income Americans.
Published: Tuesday, October 8th, 2013 @ 6:19 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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"Scared" of the impact Obamacare may have on their businesses, some North Carolina employers are considering private health insurance exchanges as a way to continue providing medical coverage to employees at a lower cost than the mandated insurance under Obamacare. IBM recently used a private...
Published: Tuesday, September 17th, 2013 @ 2:20 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Even its most ardent supporters agree The Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) is flawed, so there is no surprise there is a growing movement to repeal this act most believe won't cure our healthcare ills and doesn't contain costs.
Published: Friday, August 23rd, 2013 @ 11:58 am
By: Tom Campbell
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Imagine you get a new job with good pay and excellent benefits. In fact, the health insurance coverage is the most generous you've seen. You pay nothing for coverage while you are working, and after a set number of years, you can get free coverage in your retirement years as well.
Published: Tuesday, September 4th, 2012 @ 5:14 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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They wanted to use our hard-earned tax dollars to pay for insurance coverage for abortions, a procedure that too many find offensive to their conscience.
Published: Friday, December 17th, 2010 @ 10:33 am
By: Diane Rufino
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