In New Hanover County, the possibility of selling the county-owned hospital has ignited a storm of gossip and conspiracy theories, pitted the county’s leaders against one another, and mobilized some 200 residents into attending a Save Our Hospital protest meeting Tuesday, Jan. 21.
Published: Friday, January 24th, 2020 @ 9:49 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The 5th Circuit Court delivered a victory for the American people by ruling against a key part of Obamacare.
Published: Thursday, December 19th, 2019 @ 4:24 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Remarks by President Trump on Honesty and Transparency in Healthcare Prices
Published: Tuesday, November 19th, 2019 @ 2:48 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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President Donald J. Trump is taking bold action to give patients the information they need to find high-value care.
Published: Tuesday, November 19th, 2019 @ 2:23 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Health care legislation or health care reform often consists of new regulations or new restrictions on what a patient can do or how they access care.
Published: Friday, September 13th, 2019 @ 12:19 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Remarks by President Trump at the Announcement of State Opioid Response Grants
Published: Thursday, September 5th, 2019 @ 9:08 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Recently, Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) and a group of his colleagues in the House and Senate expressed their support to President Donald Trump for his work to expand the use of health reimbursement arrangements (HRAs) and to increase health insurance options for hardworking Americans.
Published: Monday, July 22nd, 2019 @ 7:25 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Remarks by President Trump at Signing of Executive Order on Improving Price and Quality Transparency in American Healthcare to Put Patients First
Published: Thursday, June 27th, 2019 @ 2:16 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Remarks by President Trump on Expanding Health Coverage Options for Small Businesses and Workers
Published: Thursday, June 20th, 2019 @ 10:06 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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During National Women’s Health Week, we come together to promote and support the health and well-being of our Nation’s mothers, daughters, sisters, wives, and friends.
Published: Friday, May 17th, 2019 @ 7:37 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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We meet tonight at a moment of unlimited potential. As we begin a new Congress, I stand here ready to work with you to achieve historic breakthroughs for all Americans.
Published: Sunday, February 10th, 2019 @ 9:35 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The North Carolina State Health Plan provides health care coverage to more than 720,000 teachers, state employees, retirees, and their dependents.
Published: Tuesday, January 15th, 2019 @ 11:13 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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State Treasurer Dale Folwell wants the U.S. Department of Justice to require all North Carolina hospitals to be transparent in their pricing and recover excessive charges hospitals made to the State Health Plan
Published: Sunday, December 2nd, 2018 @ 2:02 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The nonprofit and nonpartisan organization Truth in Accounting (TIA) recently released its “Financial State of the States” report. The report ranks states based on their ability or failure to meet outstanding financial obligations
Published: Thursday, October 4th, 2018 @ 10:41 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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The United States health care system is a unique, complex web of consumers, providers, and payers. And it is expensive
Published: Saturday, September 29th, 2018 @ 8:26 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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In North Carolina, nurse practitioners (NP) can't treat patients unless they establish a collaborative practice agreement with a supervising doctor - a written contract that outlines patient management, prescribing authorities, and how the NP and physician will communicate with each other
Published: Sunday, May 13th, 2018 @ 6:19 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Republicans' failure to repeal and replace Obamacare leaves the fate of free-market health reforms unclear
Published: Saturday, November 4th, 2017 @ 4:02 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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We will offer this allotment of three with more to come; some old, most new, but all quite informative, and, moreover, necessary to understanding that in North Carolina, there is a wiser path to govern ourselves and our People.
Published: Wednesday, June 14th, 2017 @ 12:49 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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After an 80-day extension costing taxpayers well over $1 million, the North Carolina House and Senate chambers have finally reached a tentative budget agreement with a price tag of roughly $22 billion - a fiscally conservative budget considering that spending increased by only 3.1 percent which...
Published: Sunday, September 20th, 2015 @ 3:44 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Raleigh Chamber of Commerce recently sponsored a health care breakfast panel with three North Carolina hospital CEOs talking about how competition brings out the best in their health systems. Competition is healthy. Competition is a beautiful thing.
Published: Monday, April 27th, 2015 @ 7:06 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Last week, the Raleigh Chamber of Commerce sponsored a health care breakfast panel where three North Carolina hospital CEOs talked about how competition brings out the best in their health systems. Competition is healthy. Competition is a beautiful thing.
Published: Sunday, April 5th, 2015 @ 11:40 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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While Obamacare continues to flood the health care sector with more taxes and mandates, it's simultaneously driving insurers and health care providers to increase price transparency. Because the law's pricey regulations are either driving employers to push more benefit cost sharing onto employees...
Published: Monday, February 16th, 2015 @ 4:56 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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It's now been one month since Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina went public with its health care cost estimator tool. Regardless of whether you have a BCBS card, anyone can now compare average costs for more than 1,200 procedures in just about any zip code across the state...
Published: Tuesday, February 10th, 2015 @ 9:55 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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When it comes to reforming our nation's health care system, both ends of the political spectrum point to the "triple aim" - reduce health care costs, improve quality and access, and increase individuals' overall health.
Published: Thursday, September 18th, 2014 @ 6:27 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The federal health care law known as Obamacare creates more problems for North Carolinians than just the faulty website that has generated recent headlines. A new John Locke Foundation Spotlight report documents key Obamacare flaws and offers alternatives for addressing health care needs.
Published: Wednesday, December 4th, 2013 @ 3:19 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The federal health care law known as Obamacare creates more problems for North Carolinians than just the faulty website that has generated recent headlines.
Published: Saturday, November 30th, 2013 @ 3:44 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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