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North Carolinians who are on the State Health Plan (SHP) for their medical insurance will not see an increase in their premiums for the 2024 benefit year. State Treasurer Dale Folwell and the SHP Board of Trustees agreed to the freeze for the sixth year in a row.
Published: Monday, October 30th, 2023 @ 12:27 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Medical expenses in America are on the rise, and the medical insurance industry plays a huge role in this trend.
Published: Tuesday, June 9th, 2020 @ 10:11 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Fresh off N.C. Department of Insurance approval of cost-reducing reforms, Treasurer Dale Folwell is optimistic doctors and hospitals will join a new State Health Plan provider network.
Published: Wednesday, May 29th, 2019 @ 11:17 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The Wilson Times editors took the General Assembly to task for passing House Bill 277, which would create a study group to decide how to the state should regulate naturopathic doctors as "licensed health care practitioners."
Published: Saturday, June 30th, 2018 @ 8:39 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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With Thanksgiving in hindsight, it's that time of year again. Time to renew your health plan, that is
Published: Friday, January 5th, 2018 @ 1:02 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The medical community is unable to reach consensus on what to do with America's health insurance situation.
Published: Monday, March 27th, 2017 @ 7:40 am
By: Bobby Tony
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Obamacare's third annual enrollment period for health insurance is officially underway
Published: Thursday, January 7th, 2016 @ 5:07 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Medical providers will tell you that about 75 percent of health care can be provided in a primary care setting. Yet rising health insurance premiums and narrower networks are making it a burden for patients to access basic health care.
Published: Thursday, January 7th, 2016 @ 4:48 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Obamacare's original second enrollment period to #GetCovered has just about come to a close. (It was supposed to end on Sunday, but the administration announced this week that they will be opening a new special enrollment period during tax season.) The Obama Administration has been chirping...
Published: Friday, February 20th, 2015 @ 7:39 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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In a previous column, I noted that the Left's crusade against conservative ideas and politicians in North Carolina faces an implacable foe: the time-space continuum. Leftist predictions that reducing North Carolina's sales tax in 2011 would result in weaker economic growth have proven in...
Published: Sunday, January 12th, 2014 @ 11:06 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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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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As an employee in the Claims Integrity Office of Vidant Medical Group LLC, Kelly Sharron is charged with helping verify insurance claims submitted by over 200 medical offices in eastern North Carolina.
Published: Friday, November 8th, 2013 @ 8:21 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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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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