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Gov. Cooper Encourages North Carolinians Without Health Insurance To Take Action by Dec. 15 DeadlineNorth Carolinians who still need to enroll or re-enroll should visit HealthCare.gov
Published: Sunday, December 13th, 2020 @ 2:44 pm
By: Governor's Office
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James Capretta of the American Enterprise Institute explores the future of a critical piece of American health care.
Published: Saturday, November 28th, 2020 @ 12:13 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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As legislators return to Raleigh this week, a top priority must be expanding unemployment insurance.
Published: Tuesday, September 1st, 2020 @ 7:46 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Medical expenses in America are on the rise, and the medical insurance industry plays a huge role in this trend.
Published: Tuesday, June 9th, 2020 @ 10:11 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Doctors who fled the health insurance system to offer transparent prices and more personal care got a boost from state lawmakers.
Published: Sunday, June 7th, 2020 @ 12:52 am
By: Carolina Journal
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This week, JLF’s Jordan Roberts wrote a research brief that provides an alternative to the current health insurance status quo.
Published: Friday, March 20th, 2020 @ 2:51 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolinians May Still Log On to HealthCare.gov to Select Health Insurance
Published: Tuesday, December 17th, 2019 @ 11:57 am
By: Governor's Office
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Governor Roy Cooper today encouraged North Carolinians who do not have health insurance to enroll for 2020 coverage through the federal Health Insurance Marketplace at HealthCare.gov.
Published: Sunday, November 3rd, 2019 @ 3:11 pm
By: Governor's Office
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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
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If you live in Beaufort County or any other northeastern North Carolina County about 95 percent of you are paying more for flood insurance that your should.
Published: Saturday, August 24th, 2019 @ 4:18 am
By: Hood Richardson
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Small businesses struggling with health-care costs could gain new bargaining power with insurers, after a controversial bill passed the House, 82-32.
Published: Thursday, August 15th, 2019 @ 9:01 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Employer-sponsored health insurance coverage is a unique feature of the American health care system.
Published: Tuesday, August 13th, 2019 @ 1:03 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Roy Cooper met with childcare teachers at Noah’s Ark Children’s Center in Wilmington. In a roundtable discussion, teachers shared that too many of their colleagues are suffering from preventable diseases because they do not have access to health insurance.
Published: Tuesday, June 18th, 2019 @ 6:40 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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A federal grand jury indicted N.C. Republican Party Chairman Robin Hayes, political donor Greg Lindberg of Durham, and two Lindberg associates on charges of wire fraud, bribery, and making false statements to law enforcement agents.
Published: Friday, April 5th, 2019 @ 9:39 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The Senate has overwhelmingly passed Senate Bill 86, which could make high-quality, affordable health care insurance available to tens of thousands of North Carolina residents lacking coverage.
Published: Saturday, March 30th, 2019 @ 11:41 am
By: Carolina Journal
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State taxpayers would save hundreds of millions of dollars in health insurance costs, thanks to a unanimous ruling Tuesday from the N.C. Court of Appeals
Published: Friday, March 8th, 2019 @ 8:21 am
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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During the 2016 campaign cycle, many candidates, including Donald Trump, promised voters that they would work to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and replace it with a system that provided similar levels of protection for those individuals who are most vulnerable, lowered costs for healthcare
Published: Wednesday, November 14th, 2018 @ 6:54 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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On March 3rd, 2010, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) aka Obamacare was signed into law with the promise of slowing the rising costs of health care
Published: Monday, November 5th, 2018 @ 12:48 pm
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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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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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
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Should all Americans be required to purchase health insurance? This was a major bone of contention among conservative reformers during the health care debates of the 1990s
Published: Saturday, July 7th, 2018 @ 1:24 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Some lawmakers hope to allow family farmers, small farm-related businesses, and others to band together for more affordable health coverage. The move could help hundreds of thousands of North Carolinians
Published: Sunday, June 24th, 2018 @ 1:23 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The state's largest health insurance company is removing a community hospital in Stokes County from its network after an alleged scheme to score millions in insurance revenue
Published: Monday, May 21st, 2018 @ 2:58 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Sloan Insurance, established in 1950 in Washington, NC, is proud and privileged to have long served Beaufort County and the northeastern North Carolina region.
Published: Monday, March 12th, 2018 @ 10:03 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Sloan Insurance, established in 1950 in Washington, NC, is proud and privileged to have long served Beaufort County and the northeastern North Carolina region
Published: Sunday, February 11th, 2018 @ 11:47 am
By: Mike Sloan
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State Treasurer Dale Folwell knows how to pinch pennies in both his state government role and in his personal life. He showed up at Carolina Journal for an interview with Associate Editor Dan Way, pleased to explain a sack brimming with hot dogs
Published: Wednesday, January 24th, 2018 @ 3:25 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Heritage Foundation senior fellow Robert Moffit writes about why the recent Senate vote to eliminate the Obamacare mandate requiring people to have health insurance or face a penalty was a “wise call.”
Published: Sunday, January 7th, 2018 @ 12:04 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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With Thanksgiving in hindsight, it's that time of year again. Time to renew your health plan, that is
Published: Friday, January 5th, 2018 @ 1:02 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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State Sen. Bill Cook (R-District 1) is encouraging the public to submit feedback before the end of today, Friday, December 29, 2017 to the N.C. Dept. of Insurance (DOI) concerning the N.C. Rate Bureau's proposed statewide average increase of 18.7 percent in homeowner's insurance rates for 2018
Published: Friday, December 29th, 2017 @ 3:37 pm
By: Bill Cook
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