The provision in the state budget that will have the most significant long-term impact on the fiscal health of our state government is making few headlines
Published: Wednesday, June 28th, 2017 @ 2:53 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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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
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Legislation that could recommend a shift in the state Retiree Health Benefit Fund from a defined-benefit to defined-contribution model passed the House on Thursday by a 114-0 vote and heads to the Senate
Published: Saturday, March 4th, 2017 @ 2:40 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A Durham orthopedic surgeon argues that the State Health Plan for public employees wastes a quarter-billion dollars annually because North Carolina's certificate-of-need laws force patients to use hospital-based facilities instead of physician-operated outpatient surgery clinics.
Published: Tuesday, October 11th, 2016 @ 5:23 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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During a contentious debate Tuesday night, Republican state treasurer candidate Dale Folwell hammered repeatedly on the theme that the state health care plan is broke, the state pension plan is underperforming, and his Democratic opponent Dan Blue III attended fundraisers in New York City
Published: Friday, September 30th, 2016 @ 8:02 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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As flu season approaches, state health officials encourage North Carolina residents to protect themselves by being vaccinated against the flu.
Published: Friday, September 30th, 2016 @ 10:29 am
By: Russell Allen
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A petition to ease restrictions on MRI machine ownership for community hospitals was struck down Wednesday by the State Health Coordinating Council's Technology and Equipment Committee, a division of the the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services
Published: Saturday, April 2nd, 2016 @ 6:09 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Democratic candidates for state treasurer both say the management and return on investment of North Carolina's mammoth health and pension plans for public employees need improvement, but their priorities differ.
Published: Friday, March 11th, 2016 @ 3:17 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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State health officials today unveiled an innovative, multi-year draft plan for reforming North Carolina's Medicaid program to achieve better patient care, better community health, improved doctor-patient engagement and cost containment
Published: Wednesday, March 2nd, 2016 @ 7:06 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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Draft legislation reviewed on Monday by the Program Evaluation Oversight Committee would require the State Health Plan to shift all Medicare-eligible retirees to Medicare Advantage plans.
Published: Monday, January 11th, 2016 @ 1:31 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Converting the federal portion of North Carolina's Medicaid program into an annual block grant would go a long way toward limiting Medicaid's unpredictable annual cost overruns.
Published: Saturday, August 9th, 2014 @ 11:40 am
By: John Richard Furlough
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Most of us have jobs, and with those jobs come certain benefits, most noticeably health care and retirement benefits. The same is true for state employees.
Published: Friday, April 11th, 2014 @ 6:20 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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There are many questions that are asked in legislative meetings and many times the staff notes that they will have to follow up with those questions at a later meeting.
Published: Friday, March 28th, 2014 @ 11:58 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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State lawmakers were presented Tuesday with a litany of potential horror stories related to the federal Affordable Care Act. At its worst, Obamacare would sock North Carolina with thousands of job losses, double-digit insurance premium increases, deep Medicare cuts to help pay for the health...
Published: Sunday, March 23rd, 2014 @ 10:55 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina is among a number of state governments plagued by massive unfunded liabilities for state retirees' health insurance benefits, and, like many of its counterparts, it is placing greater responsibility for costs on members in a movement known as medical consumerism.
Published: Saturday, November 2nd, 2013 @ 10:43 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The General Fund cost of operating the State Health Plan is expected to rise about $90 million from fiscal years 2013-14 to 2015-16, but that is a slower growth trend than in past years, and Obamacare will have little effect on it, officials say.
Published: Tuesday, October 29th, 2013 @ 11:19 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina's mental health system is "very fragile," straining beneath the weight of psychiatrist shortages, emergency rooms overflowing...
Published: Tuesday, May 21st, 2013 @ 5:20 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The day before the Obama administration's deadline for states to declare whether they will create a state health insurance exchange to comply with the president's national health reform law.
Published: Sunday, December 16th, 2012 @ 11:24 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Imagine you get a new job with good pay and excellent benefits. In fact, the health insurance coverage is the most generous you've seen. You pay nothing for coverage while you are working, and after a set number of years, you can get free coverage in your retirement years as well.
Published: Tuesday, September 4th, 2012 @ 5:14 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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