On Monday, North Carolina Senate leaders unveiled their proposed state budget. Governor Cooper will be under pressure to sign the final version because Medicaid expansion, a bill he signed earlier this year, is tied to passing a budget.
Published: Wednesday, June 14th, 2023 @ 2:43 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Stephanie Brinson is an advanced practice registered nurse seeing thousands of patients a year, along with five other APRNs, in a Garner practice open seven days week.
Published: Monday, May 8th, 2023 @ 1:01 am
By: Carolina Journal
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On Wednesday, North Carolina House leaders unveiled their proposed state budget. Governor Cooper will be under pressure to sign the final version because Medicaid expansion, a bill he signed last week, is tied to passing a budget.
Published: Tuesday, April 18th, 2023 @ 1:07 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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"Today is a loss for conservatism," said Donald Bryson, president of the John Locke Foundation.
Published: Sunday, April 16th, 2023 @ 6:24 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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On Thursday, the North Carolina House gave final passage to H.B. 76, a bill to expand Medicaid, by a vote of 87-24. On Wednesday, the day prior, the vote was 95-21.
Published: Thursday, April 13th, 2023 @ 1:48 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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On Wednesday, the North Carolina House voted to approve concurrence of H.B. 76, a bill to expand Medicaid, by a vote of 94-22.
Published: Wednesday, April 12th, 2023 @ 11:57 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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On Tuesday, the Senate passed House Bill 76 (H.B. 76), legislation that will expand Medicaid by a vote of 43-2. The bill will be voted on one more time before heading to the state House for concurrence.
Published: Monday, April 3rd, 2023 @ 11:51 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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On Wednesday, N.C. Rep. Ben Moss, R-Moore, announced he will change his vote on Medicaid expansion, vowing to vote “no” when it returns to the House of Representatives for further consideration.
Published: Thursday, March 30th, 2023 @ 11:55 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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On Tuesday, N.C. Senate Health Committee leaders unveiled the details of the Medicaid expansion agreement with state House leaders made last week.
Published: Tuesday, March 28th, 2023 @ 6:03 am
By: Carolina Journal
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In a press conference Thursday, Senate Leader Phil Berger and House Speaker Tim Moore announced that an agreement has been reached between the chambers to expand the federal Medicaid entitlement program in North Carolina.
Published: Monday, March 20th, 2023 @ 2:15 am
By: Carolina Journal
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After a decade of fighting it, Republicans agree on the largest entitlement expansion in state history
Published: Sunday, March 12th, 2023 @ 11:38 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The latest offering from NCHA on CON Reform looks to increase the monopolistic hold hospitals have in North Carolina according to Senate Leader Phil Berger, R-Rockingham.
Published: Monday, September 26th, 2022 @ 2:46 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Talks continue between both the N.C. House and Senate with no imminent solution on Medicaid expansion.
Published: Sunday, August 28th, 2022 @ 9:21 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. House passed a bill Tuesday evening 101-6 that would direct the state’s health agency to come up with a Medicaid Modernization Plan.
Published: Friday, July 8th, 2022 @ 8:19 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The North Carolina House Health Committee discussed a bill Thursday that would direct the state health agency to come up with a Medicaid Modernization Plan, to expanding Medicaid with work requirements for the expansion enrollees.
Published: Wednesday, July 6th, 2022 @ 8:35 am
By: Carolina Journal
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North Carolina House leaders have called a Health Committee meeting for first thing Thursday morning, June 23, 2022, to vote on a bill that would direct the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) to develop a Medicaid Modernization Plan by December 15, 2022
Published: Tuesday, July 5th, 2022 @ 5:01 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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N.C. Senate passes Medicaid Expansion Bill 44-2 on Wednesday. H.B. 149 also includes the SAVE Act, which would address needs in rural areas and giving nurses more independence, and partial repeal of some Certificate of Need Laws
Published: Wednesday, June 8th, 2022 @ 1:45 am
By: Carolina Journal
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On Wednesday the N.C. General Assembly’s Senate leadership announced a health care proposal that includes Medicaid expansion under the federal entitlement program, the Affordable Care Act.
Published: Tuesday, May 31st, 2022 @ 11:55 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Yesterday afternoon, sponsors of the SAVE Act gathered a stakeholder meeting at the North Carolina General Assembly.
Published: Tuesday, October 12th, 2021 @ 6:47 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: Thursday, March 25th, 2021 @ 12:15 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Lawmakers have introduced a pair of bills that would give broader scope-of-practice opportunities for advanced practice registered nurses in North Carolina.
Published: Friday, March 12th, 2021 @ 11:07 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Along with the rest of the nation, North Carolina is facing an unprecedented health challenge with the COVID-19 virus.
Published: Wednesday, April 1st, 2020 @ 12:24 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Regulations continue to prevent advanced nurse practitioners from volunteering to care for sick or injured people in North Carolina.
Published: Thursday, March 26th, 2020 @ 2:44 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Thousands of elderly patients lost their health care provider, and nurse practitioner Michelle Schmerge had to watch them go.
Published: Tuesday, January 7th, 2020 @ 3:04 am
By: Carolina Journal
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While the health care debate has usually focused on questions of insurance coverage and finance, the composition and delivery of medical services have been changing significantly.
Published: Tuesday, December 31st, 2019 @ 10:36 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The Hometown Debate Series concluded Thursday, Oct. 17, in Henderson, as legislators and policy advocates debated the delivery of medical services.
Published: Tuesday, October 22nd, 2019 @ 10:57 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Advanced-practice nurses, federal officials say regulation limits access to health care and increases costs
Published: Tuesday, September 3rd, 2019 @ 2:02 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Although policymakers sometimes portray increasing access and reducing cost as separate objectives for health care reform, the two are closely related.
Published: Wednesday, June 12th, 2019 @ 5:13 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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If Medicaid expansion forces taxpayers to pick up the tab for a service that was either previously paid for some other way or not consumed in the first place, there is no reduction in the cost of care.
Published: Friday, April 5th, 2019 @ 1:36 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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As North Carolina's population ages, and demands for health care rise, nurses need the freedom to do more
Published: Wednesday, March 6th, 2019 @ 11:29 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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