The John Locke Foundation is supporting a New Bern eye surgeon's legal fight against North Carolina's certificate-of-need restrictions on healthcare providers.
Published: Monday, March 4th, 2024 @ 11:08 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Seven more plaintiffs have joined a federal lawsuit challenging the rollout of North Carolina's new eCourts digital records system. Now nine people are suing over eCourts' impact.
Published: Saturday, March 2nd, 2024 @ 12:51 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The Tar Heel State earned failing marks for healthcare and its costs according to a list by Forbes Advisor ranking of all 50 states.
Published: Sunday, February 25th, 2024 @ 8:17 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Volunteer Firefighter, Former Prosecutor Pledges To Protect Consumers, Keep Costs Low
Published: Friday, February 23rd, 2024 @ 8:36 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is joining southeastern states, insurers and national leaders in health care and public health for a collaborative effort to combat the congenital syphilis crisis.
Published: Friday, January 5th, 2024 @ 9:25 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services today announced historic Medicaid reimbursement rate increases will soon be implemented for most mental health, substance use, intellectual and developmental disabilities and traumatic brain injury services in North Carolina.
Published: Sunday, December 3rd, 2023 @ 8:34 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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Today, Congressman Murphy introduced the No Fees for EFTs Act, bipartisan legislation to protect health care providers and patients from unnecessary fees associated with electronic fund transfers and payment transactions.
Published: Wednesday, November 29th, 2023 @ 9:32 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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Boston Children’s Hospital, one of the leading medical establishments in the U.S. encouraging life-altering gender procedures for minors, was reimbursed for the controversial treatments with taxpayer dollars.
Published: Tuesday, November 14th, 2023 @ 10:52 am
By: Daily Wire
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The hospital claims transgender surgeries were never performed on minors
Published: Wednesday, November 8th, 2023 @ 3:16 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Former President Donald Trump angrily denounced the claim from the New York Attorney General that he has significantly inflated his net worth.
Published: Tuesday, September 26th, 2023 @ 3:29 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Five Medicaid healthcare insurers have violated Florida’s rule against using taxpayer funds to provide transgender treatments, and the state is now fining them for the action.
Published: Wednesday, September 13th, 2023 @ 3:05 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Gov. Roy Cooper signed four bills into law Saturday, including the controversial H.B.346, Reorganization & Economic Development Act, which will allow Blue Cross Blue Shield North Carolina and Delta Dental to reorganize and create a holding company for billions in surplus revenue.
Published: Saturday, July 29th, 2023 @ 5:47 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. Senate gave final approval Tuesday to a bill that allows the non-profit Blue Cross Blue Shield North Carolina and Delta Dental to reorganize and create a holding company for billions in surplus revenue.
Published: Monday, July 17th, 2023 @ 3:51 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Policy Holders and Customers Deserve to Be Protected
Published: Friday, June 16th, 2023 @ 5:53 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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Blue Cross’ restructuring: “The devil is in the lack of details.”
Published: Friday, June 2nd, 2023 @ 11:51 am
By: Tom Campbell
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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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Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) contended alongside more than three dozen Republican colleagues that the Treasury Department is pressuring state insurance regulators to consider factors linked to the environmental, social, and corporate governance movement, also known as ESG.
Published: Thursday, May 18th, 2023 @ 6:07 pm
By: Daily Wire
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In the era where politics has become increasingly tribalistic, we seldom see significant bi-partisan support from leadership within both parties. The Reorganization and Economic Development Act, House Bill 346, is one exception.
Published: Friday, May 5th, 2023 @ 3:33 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to use federal healthcare funds to cover at least six months of rent for the state’s disproportionately large homeless population and for those on the brink of losing their housing.
Published: Sunday, April 2nd, 2023 @ 2:43 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Govt. tracking should not be happening
Published: Tuesday, February 14th, 2023 @ 5:07 am
By: Countrygirl1411
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A federal judge in Texas struck down a provision in the Affordable Care Act that requires employers and insurers to cover HIV prevention drugs, ruling that the requirement opposes the religious freedom of some Christian-led companies.
Published: Sunday, September 25th, 2022 @ 11:49 pm
By: Daily Wire
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As the North Carolina General Assembly plans to return to Raleigh Tuesday, The N.C. Healthcare Association has indicated a potential break in the standoff over certificate-of-need reform. Disagreements involving CON have helped block a deal for Medicaid expansion.
Published: Thursday, September 22nd, 2022 @ 11:23 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The Biden administration plans to stop paying for COVID vaccines and will begin shifting costs toward the marketplace, according to a Thursday report from The Wall Street Journal.
Published: Wednesday, August 31st, 2022 @ 10:03 am
By: Daily Wire
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California Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom has called on producers to film in his state rather than in those that have passed restrictions on abortion.
Published: Wednesday, August 17th, 2022 @ 10:27 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Florida GOP Governor Ron DeSantis’ administration is fighting back hard against transgender surgery for minors, as both his Department of Health and the Florida agency responsible for Medicaid are condemning the practice.
Published: Friday, June 10th, 2022 @ 5:01 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Is the mandate for pilots putting passengers at risk?
Published: Monday, April 25th, 2022 @ 9:52 am
By: Countrygirl1411
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Vanessa Bryant, whose husband Kobe Bryant and 13-year-old daughter Gianna died in a tragic helicopter crash in January 2020, is being asked to take a psychiatric exam to prove that she suffered emotional distress after photos of the crash scene were taken by county employees.
Published: Saturday, January 29th, 2022 @ 10:52 am
By: Daily Wire
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North Carolina’s Certificate of Need statute intentionally restricts the supply of medical services. It forces medical service providers to obtain a certificate of need (CON) before opening new or expanded facilities, installing new or additional equipment, or even, in some instances, treating more
Published: Monday, January 17th, 2022 @ 1:11 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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On July 21, 2021, the North Carolina Legislature voted in final approval of Senate Bill 146, sending the legislation to Governor Cooper’s desk to be signed into law.
Published: Saturday, August 14th, 2021 @ 4:02 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows
Published: Sunday, May 30th, 2021 @ 11:37 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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A measure that would require a healthcare facility to notify patients of any out-of-network care they receive is moving through the Senate.
Published: Friday, April 30th, 2021 @ 9:45 pm
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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