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The company's mortgages cost $4,600 more than competitors' on average.
Published: Thursday, January 8th, 2026 @ 10:38 am
By: Daily Wire
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In its fifth semi-annual report examining hospitals’ compliance with the federal Hospital Price Transparency Rule, PatientRightsAdvocate.org (PRA) found that North Carolina came in 7th place in the U.S. for hospital price transparency.
Published: Saturday, October 21st, 2023 @ 12:26 am
By: Carolina Journal
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North Carolina Hospitals Charge Families Huge Price Markups for Common Shoppable Services, Hide Prices from Patients
Published: Tuesday, October 10th, 2023 @ 11:44 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and 17 state attorneys general sued Amazon on Tuesday for allegedly using “interlocking and anticompetitive and unfair” strategies to maintain its monopolistic power over current and future rivals.
Published: Saturday, October 7th, 2023 @ 2:52 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Study by Duke University School of Law researchers and the North Carolina Office of State Treasurer finds that North Carolina's hospitals obtained legal judgments, including interest charges, from patients with medical debt
Published: Friday, September 29th, 2023 @ 11:23 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes received the longest prison sentence to date stemming from the January 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol.
Published: Sunday, June 11th, 2023 @ 9:45 am
By: Daily Wire
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A recently released report by a nonprofit organization says it’s a mixed bag when it comes to North Carolina hospitals complying with a federal price transparency law put in place two years ago.
Published: Saturday, March 4th, 2023 @ 8:14 am
By: Carolina Journal
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President Joe Biden devoted a significant amount of airtime during his State of the Union address on Tuesday toward the inconvenience that “junk fees” cause to the typical consumer, suggesting that federal action should be taken to eliminate the charges.
Published: Saturday, February 18th, 2023 @ 11:01 am
By: Daily Wire
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The North Carolina State Health Plan and Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy Find that the Majority of North Carolina's Hospitals Are Overcharging Patients While Profiting Off Medicare
Published: Sunday, October 30th, 2022 @ 9:17 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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The Centene Corporation, a provider of managed health care services, has backed out of plans to move its east coast regional headquarters to Charlotte.
Published: Monday, August 29th, 2022 @ 4:30 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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According to a report released yesterday by the State Treasurer’s office, most nonprofit hospitals are not meeting their requirements of charity care.
Published: Thursday, February 10th, 2022 @ 1:39 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Is this still America?
Published: Sunday, October 31st, 2021 @ 11:23 am
By: Countrygirl1411
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Imagine going into a surgery knowing exactly what your bill would be at the end.
Published: Monday, March 9th, 2020 @ 7:32 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Surgeon Wade Naziri offers his patients transparent, cash-based prices at his independent surgery center.
Published: Thursday, February 27th, 2020 @ 9:27 am
By: Carolina Journal
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It's a feature in reporting about solar energy to discuss how dramatically its costs have declined.
Published: Monday, December 30th, 2019 @ 7:35 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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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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State Treasurer Dale Fowell has sweetened a deal for hospitals to sign on to his Clear Pricing Project.
Published: Thursday, July 25th, 2019 @ 8:49 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Expanding Medicaid is a temporary, albeit insufficient, fix for the problems of high costs in the health care system.
Published: Wednesday, February 6th, 2019 @ 12:26 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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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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In today's world of politics the common citizen is of no value to politicians except at election time. I have seen the dismissal of incredibly important citizen issues by politicians and governmental officials at every level of government.
Published: Saturday, April 22nd, 2017 @ 9:56 am
By: Adam O'Neal
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In 2013, North Carolina stopped giving automatic pay raises to public school teachers who earn master's degrees
Published: Wednesday, July 27th, 2016 @ 1:55 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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Governor Pat McCrory signed the following bills into law today.
Published: Friday, October 2nd, 2015 @ 12:39 am
By: McCrory Communications
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Having a dependable and safe waterway passage for commercial and recreational boats is of paramount importance.
Published: Saturday, March 14th, 2015 @ 11:51 pm
By: Bill Cook
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As a fan of the free market, I find myself a little torn on the issue of net neutrality The government wants to step in on the Internet service provider industry to ensure "equal treatment" for everyone and everything on the Internet.
Published: Wednesday, November 19th, 2014 @ 11:42 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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For all of the words devoted to our student loan mess (or "crisis" or "bubble"), little has been written on its origins. We know that student loan debt now exceeds $1 trillion and that many young Americans are struggling with a heavy burden, but how things got that way is largely a mystery.
Published: Thursday, November 13th, 2014 @ 11:15 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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I am an advocate of getting local property tax in line with actual values for which it might sell. Right now, Realtors tell me their average sale is 70% of appraised value.
Published: Sunday, June 15th, 2014 @ 2:57 am
By: Gene Scarborough
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Four years ago the State Statute required re-evaluation across NC. Our local tax office here in Beaufort County honestly told them the real estate bubble had burst and prices were going down rather than up.
Published: Sunday, April 20th, 2014 @ 12:52 pm
By: Gene Scarborough
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Kay Hagan, Harry Reid and Barry Obama all sold us on how great this ObamaCare stuff was going to be. We could stay with our doctor if we like him or her.
Published: Thursday, November 28th, 2013 @ 10:56 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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The Beaufort County Board of County Commissioners will meet to discuss a variety of issues in their General Meeting on Monday, March 12, 2012
Published: Thursday, March 8th, 2012 @ 11:52 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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