The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services has sought authority from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to temporarily waive certain Medicaid and NC Health Choice policies as part of North Carolina’s response to the COVID-19.
Published: Thursday, March 19th, 2020 @ 11:32 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Fears of a global economic slowdown, fueled in part by the coronavirus outbreak, took a $4.2 billion chunk out of North Carolina’s state pension plan.
Published: Friday, March 6th, 2020 @ 10:07 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The clock is ticking on hemp licenses for North Carolina farmers.
Published: Sunday, February 9th, 2020 @ 5:20 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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On Dec. 14, 2018, Karrie Dixon was named chancellor of Elizabeth City State University after serving eight months in the interim role.
Published: Wednesday, January 8th, 2020 @ 1:42 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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It’s illegal for him to treat his patients. By law, he can’t get an MRI machine because the hospital down the street already has one.
Published: Wednesday, October 9th, 2019 @ 10:55 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services has received federal funding that will support a key goal of the state’s Early Childhood Action Plan and the Perinatal Health Strategic Plan, reducing maternal mortality.
Published: Friday, September 20th, 2019 @ 4:57 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Cooper signed the following bills into law: Senate Bill 118, Senate Bill 429, and 3 others
Published: Thursday, September 19th, 2019 @ 1:19 pm
By: Governor's Office
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It’s been five years in the making, and it’s almost free from the budget stalemate.
Published: Sunday, September 15th, 2019 @ 4:12 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is seeking public comment on the revision of the proposed 2019–2021 North Carolina Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) State Plan, which outlines how the state will facilitate the CSBG program over the next two years.
Published: Friday, August 16th, 2019 @ 6:52 pm
By: Daniel Bunting
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A years-long push to expand competition in the health-care industry passed the Senate Health Committee Monday and soon may reach the Senate floor.
Published: Saturday, July 20th, 2019 @ 8:35 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is seeking public comment on the revision of the proposed 2019–2022 North Carolina Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) State Plan, which outlines how the state will facilitate the TANF program over the next three years.
Published: Wednesday, July 17th, 2019 @ 12:51 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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What is the difference between hemp and marijuana?
Published: Wednesday, July 3rd, 2019 @ 11:57 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A push to reform North Carolina’s certificate-of-need restrictions on health providers will make it to the Senate floor.
Published: Tuesday, July 2nd, 2019 @ 5:04 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Andrew Ross, a Marine Corps veteran who served in Afghanistan, in January was working private security for a cross-country delivery of hemp. Ross’s task was simple: Guard a truckload of state-approved industrial hemp, grown in Kentucky, and bound for Colorado.
Published: Monday, July 1st, 2019 @ 7:21 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The North Carolina House of Representatives recently released their budget, and the Senate released their version of the budget last week.
Published: Sunday, June 23rd, 2019 @ 3:41 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Texas did it in 1985. California did it in 1987. Pennsylvania did it in 1996. New Hampshire did it in 2016. Florida did it in 2019.
Published: Friday, May 17th, 2019 @ 12:53 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A group of House Republicans is taking another whack at what they call an alternative to Medicaid expansion so uninsured North Carolina residents can obtain health coverage.
Published: Monday, April 29th, 2019 @ 4:30 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Chairman Hayes today announced he has relinquished most of his day-to-day duties of managing the NCGOP to other constitutional officers.
Published: Thursday, April 4th, 2019 @ 9:26 pm
By: Daniel Bunting
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Today, U.S. Senators introduced bipartisan legislation that would provide free, accessible legal assistance for seniors who need help reporting abuse and neglect, threats to income security, difficulty accessing and affording health care and other violations
Published: Tuesday, April 2nd, 2019 @ 8:29 pm
By: Thom Tillis
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The "anti-Folwell" bill, HB184 made it out of the Health Committee yesterday, putting it on a course to possibly become law. It is a bill that 2 sides see very differently.
Published: Thursday, March 28th, 2019 @ 4:26 am
By: Diane Rufino
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Nothing in the U.S. Constitution implies a hierarchy among rights. Nevertheless, the federal courts have insisted on relegating economic rights to second-class status
Published: Wednesday, December 19th, 2018 @ 5:50 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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State Treasurer Dale Folwell's proposed cost-cutting reforms for the State Health Plan have drawn praise from state employees' representatives and a nationally recognized free-market health finance expert
Published: Sunday, December 2nd, 2018 @ 8:20 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The authority of the states to regulate their own insurance markets was severely curtailed by the Affordable Care Act (ACA)
Published: Saturday, October 27th, 2018 @ 1:23 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A Year of Historic Action to Combat the Opioid Crisis
Published: Friday, October 26th, 2018 @ 1:15 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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State Treasurer Dale Folwell administers the State Health Plan, the largest in our state
Published: Monday, September 10th, 2018 @ 11:14 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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State Treasurer Dale Folwell says the State Health Plan is paying UNC Health Care too much for member services and treatments
Published: Monday, September 10th, 2018 @ 10:46 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Dr. Gajendra Singh wants to help patients get an MRI scan for a fraction of the price hospitals and big health care networks charge. But state regulators and powerful lobbying allies restrain him.
Published: Friday, August 31st, 2018 @ 10:21 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The latest data shows that North Carolina’s unfunded state pension liability has grown to $7.9 billion. This figure is likely highly understated, however, given the overly optimistic discount rate being used to calculate the liability
Published: Thursday, August 2nd, 2018 @ 6:09 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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The House Select Committee on School Safety has announced plans to appropriate $35 million for a bevy of school safety measures in the upcoming budget
Published: Friday, May 25th, 2018 @ 8:20 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina does generally well according to national education standards, peers say, but it needs to take better advantage of opportunities to improve
Published: Friday, December 22nd, 2017 @ 1:40 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The once-floundering state Medicaid system stay within its budget for the fourth consecutive year
Published: Friday, November 17th, 2017 @ 1:26 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Last week, Governor Roy Cooper signed an Executive Order reinstating the Statewide Independent Living Council. Gov. Cooper also appointed 25 new members to the Council
Published: Wednesday, August 2nd, 2017 @ 3:23 pm
By: Governor's Office
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As a member of the President’s Commission on Combatting Drug Addiction and Opioid Crisis, Governor Cooper today submitted comprehensive recommendations for the Commission’s preliminary report and encouraged a coordinated approach in tackling the opioid crisis
Published: Friday, July 28th, 2017 @ 9:25 pm
By: Governor's Office
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State Treasurer Dale Folwell hopes the General Assembly will build on its recent boost in the state's Rainy Day Fund with a plan to make state pensions and health benefits more solvent
Published: Sunday, July 16th, 2017 @ 8:28 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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