|
The state Supreme will not issue an order blocking its own March 2022 decision in a legal fight over government retiree health benefits. That decision allowed retirees to pursue a lawsuit to restore a discarded premium-free health care option.
Published: Wednesday, February 21st, 2024 @ 4:52 pm
By: Carolina Journal
|
|
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
|
|
Government retirees object to a proposed "writ of prohibition" from the N.C. Supreme Court that would stop them from pursuing a class-action lawsuit. The retirees want the state to restore premium-free health benefits they enjoyed before a change in state law in 2011.
Published: Saturday, September 16th, 2023 @ 3:40 pm
By: Carolina Journal
|
|
6th Straight Year Premium Rates Remain Steady, Benefiting Teachers and State Employees
Published: Sunday, August 13th, 2023 @ 8:13 am
By: ENC NOW
|
|
President Joe Biden appeared to suggest on Wednesday that airlines were engaging in racial discrimination when they charged a premium for seats with more legroom, saying that “people of color” were most impacted by the additional fees.
Published: Tuesday, December 6th, 2022 @ 6:38 pm
By: Daily Wire
|
|
The U.S. Supreme Court will not consider a case involving a dispute over N.C. State Health Plan premiums for government retirees.
Published: Saturday, October 8th, 2022 @ 2:27 pm
By: Carolina Journal
|
|
The N.C. attorney general is urging the U.S. Supreme Court to take up a case involving disputed premiums for government retirees on the State Health Plan.
Published: Wednesday, September 21st, 2022 @ 3:15 pm
By: Carolina Journal
|
|
Bank of America is warning that gas prices could go significantly higher than they currently are as Americans are currently paying approximately $3.41 per gallon across the U.S. for regular and just over $4 per gallon for premium.
Published: Thursday, August 18th, 2022 @ 4:55 pm
By: Daily Wire
|
|
DoorDash announced the launch of a new premium service DoorDash+, where they will at least make a small effort to get your order correct.
Published: Thursday, July 7th, 2022 @ 12:10 pm
By: Babylon Bee
|
|
Notice will come out right before midterm elections
Published: Saturday, June 4th, 2022 @ 5:42 am
By: Countrygirl1411
|
|
The N.C. Supreme Court has ruled, 4-2, that 220,000 state government retirees had a contractual right to premium-free health care benefits that had been promised to them. Now a trial court will have to determine whether state changes to those benefits a decade ago violated the contract.
Published: Wednesday, March 16th, 2022 @ 2:05 pm
By: Carolina Journal
|
|
Moe harm to those on fixed incomes
Published: Saturday, November 13th, 2021 @ 5:06 pm
By: Countrygirl1411
|
|
North Korea desires a return to nuclear talks — after sanctions are removed on several items, including liquor and suits for regime officials.
Published: Thursday, October 14th, 2021 @ 7:10 pm
By: Daily Wire
|
|
State retirees and their dependents beginning next year won’t pay premiums on Medicare Advantage plans.
Published: Thursday, March 12th, 2020 @ 10:54 am
By: Carolina Journal
|
|
North Carolina life insurance customers may pay higher premiums unless the Cooper administration reverses course on renewable-energy tax credits.
Published: Monday, September 9th, 2019 @ 10:57 am
By: Carolina Journal
|
|
As the Obamacare individual marketplace bleeds unsubsidized enrollees, Blue Cross N.C. is looking to reverse a surge of earlier premium increases.
Published: Friday, August 23rd, 2019 @ 5:47 am
By: Carolina Journal
|
|
State employees are no longer in immediate danger of paying out-of-network costs for their health care, but they may confront higher premiums and higher taxes later.
Published: Thursday, August 15th, 2019 @ 1:18 pm
By: Carolina Journal
|
|
I estimate Beaufort County residents will save as much as 5 million dollars in flood insurance premiums each year when the new Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRM) are approved by the Beaufort County Commissioners.
Published: Wednesday, September 5th, 2018 @ 9:11 am
By: Stan Deatherage
|
|
Advanced Superabrasives, Inc., a manufacturer of premium high performance grinding wheels and equipment, will expand operations at its existing facility in Mars Hill, creating 47 full-time jobs over four years, Governor Roy Cooper announced today
Published: Wednesday, October 25th, 2017 @ 10:09 pm
By: Governor's Office
|
|
The Trump Administration announced that the federal government will no longer make Cost Sharing Reduction (CSR) payments under the Affordable Care Act, ensuring that health insurance premiums will sky rocket in North Carolina
Published: Tuesday, October 17th, 2017 @ 5:31 pm
By: Governor's Office
|
|
The N.C. Department of Justice is considering how to respond to a Superior Court judge's ruling that the state unconstitutionally charged health insurance premiums to state retirees
Published: Wednesday, May 24th, 2017 @ 9:28 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
|
|
When a person decides to purchase life insurance they are asked about their health status and history and are, in part, charged a premium based on their answers to those questions
Published: Friday, March 24th, 2017 @ 9:32 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
|
|
Democrat candidate for North Carolina's 13th Congressional district, Bruce Davis, continues to praise Obamacare and bolster his support while premiums more than double and hundreds of thousands of North Carolinians are now without care
Published: Wednesday, November 2nd, 2016 @ 11:07 am
By: Stan Deatherage
|
|
Tim Kaine has been a strong supporter of the failed Obamacare. In fact, he even expressed support for increased penalties on U.S. businesses to keep this disastrous law afloat.
Published: Wednesday, November 2nd, 2016 @ 5:30 am
By: Russell Allen
|
|
"Bill Clinton was right. Obamacare is the craziest thing in the world. We were told it would make healthcare more affordable, yet hundreds of thousands of North Carolinians are seeing higher premiums by an average of nearly 25 percent
Published: Wednesday, October 26th, 2016 @ 5:12 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
|
|
The federal government yesterday confirmed that Obamacare plans will see a double digit increase, a major blow to the healthcare law still supported by North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper
Published: Tuesday, October 25th, 2016 @ 3:46 pm
By: McCrory Communications
|
|
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina has just been approved to raise the premiums of its health plans within the state's Affordable Care Act exchanges by an average of 24 percent
Published: Wednesday, October 19th, 2016 @ 11:59 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
|
|
North Carolina has a hidden tax, and it's probably the most expensive one you've never heard of: It's called health insurance mandates
Published: Wednesday, June 15th, 2016 @ 4:48 am
By: Civitas Insitute
|
|
We've talked for decades about healthcare reform but the only significant attempt to change the skyrocketing costs of health insurance, escalating pharmaceutical costs and deepening dissatisfaction has been Obamacare.
Published: Wednesday, March 2nd, 2016 @ 11:22 pm
By: Tom Campbell
|
|
As the Jan. 31 deadline to obtain a health insurance policy for 2016 on the federal health exchange looms, enrollment has grown slightly, but individuals signing up for Obamacare in 2016 should expect to pay premiums that are between 20 percent and 30 percent higher
Published: Friday, January 22nd, 2016 @ 12:43 am
By: John Locke Foundation
|
|
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
|
|
The Tennessee Valley Authority produced a recent study that found the premium it pays to solar energy producers is about 67 percent higher than solar's actual value (about 12 cents per kilowatt versus 7.2 cents/kw). As reported in the Chattanooga Times Free Press...
Published: Wednesday, January 6th, 2016 @ 5:52 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
|
|
At face value, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) granted health insurance companies a pretty sweet deal. People are required to purchase their products under the law's individual mandate.
Published: Thursday, August 13th, 2015 @ 5:42 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
|
|
Just over a year ago, New York Times economics writer David Leonhardt looked at some data on the "college wage premium"
Published: Tuesday, July 7th, 2015 @ 12:50 pm
By: John William Pope Center
|
|
My mom and dad always had a garden. Growing up in Little Five Points of Atlanta, extra property was at a premium but we had a half lot next to our house that we planted every spring and summer.
Published: Sunday, June 14th, 2015 @ 7:12 pm
By: Bobby Tony
|
|
Today, Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) issued the following statement after Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (BCBSNC) announced that its customers covered under the President’s Affordable Care Act will face an average 25.7 percent premium rate increase next year.
Published: Tuesday, June 2nd, 2015 @ 10:49 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
|
|
Governor Pat McCrory announced today that an average decrease in workers' compensation insurance premium rates paid by North Carolina businesses will take effect in April 2015. The North Carolina Rate Bureau's request for a rate reduction was approved in late November 2014.
Published: Thursday, April 2nd, 2015 @ 5:33 pm
By: Chris Downey
|
|
Already socked with rising premium costs due to Obamacare, Southern Elevator has delayed planned growth and job creation as it contemplates up to $800,000 in added annual health insurance costs a year from now, when employer mandates for medium-size businesses kick in.
Published: Saturday, November 29th, 2014 @ 8:29 am
By: John Locke Foundation
|
|
This Halloween, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (BCBSNC) customers were spooked by skyrocketing premiums when opening their 2015 rate notification letters for their non-group health plans. While it turns out that the mailings provided incorrect information for an estimated 38,000...
Published: Wednesday, November 5th, 2014 @ 5:53 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
|
|
sizable number of North Carolina residents are learning they are no longer eligible for Obamacare, and some health policy premiums could jump 60 percent within two years, an insurance official says.
Published: Wednesday, September 24th, 2014 @ 12:56 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
|