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Health Care
The NC Threat-Free Index and Immunity Update for the Week Ending February 14
This past week 99.1% of people in NC were estimated to pose no threat of passing along COVID-19 to anyone. Nevertheless, 49 out of every 50 (98.4%) adult North Carolinians — and more than 24…
Health Care
Who Contracted Covid-19 in NC in January?
Over 40% of new Covid-19 cases in North Carolina in the month of January were to fully vaccinated* individuals. Meanwhile, 52% of cases were to unvaccinated or not fully vaccinated*…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
North Carolina’s Strong Fiscal Condition and Opportunity for Growth
Thanks to fiscally conservative policies of spending restraint and saving, state debt continues to trend downward as highlighted in the Debt Affordability Advisory Committee’s (the Committee) annual report submitted to the…
Health Care
Accountability Vacuum in Charity Care
According to a report released yesterday by the State Treasurer’s office, most nonprofit hospitals are not meeting their requirements of charity care. Yet with inconsistent definitions of what is required, the…
Research Brief
Health Care
Who Contracted Covid-19 in NC in December?
Over the month of December, 59.7% of new Covid-19 cases in North Carolina were to unvaccinated or not fully vaccinated individuals. Only 5.3% of new cases were to people who…
Health Care
Pandemic of the Unvaccinated? 40% of New Covid Cases in NC Are Vaccinated
For the week ending January 1, 40% of Covid-19 cases in North Carolina were to people considered fully vaccinated.
Research Brief
Health Care
Challenging North Carolina’s Pernicious and Unconstitutional Certificate of Need Law
North Carolina’s Certificate of Need law harms patients, insurers, and taxpayers by making health care more expensive and less accessible. New Bern eye surgeon Jay Singleton has filed a lawsuit…
Health Care
The CDC changed its definitions of “vaccine” and “vaccination” and keeps changing its definition of “fully vaccinated”
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently changed their definitions for "vaccine" and "vaccination."
Research Brief
Health Care
Who Is Contracting Covid-19 in NC?
ver the month of October, 71.4% of new Covid-19 cases in North Carolina were to unvaccinated or not fully vaccinated individuals. Meanwhile, 26.7% of new cases were to fully vaccinated…
Health Care
The Woke Infiltrate Medical Treatment
Tevi Troy documents a disturbing development in health care. Twenty years ago, the physician Sally Satel argued in her book PC M.D. that political correctness had taken over medicine. PC…
Education
Martin Center Column Explores UNC Mental Health ‘Crisis’
Natalia Mayorga writes for the Martin Center about mental health issues at the University of North Carolina’s flagship campus. It has been two months since the start of the Fall…
Health Care
John Locke Foundation Files Brief in a Case Challenging North Carolina’s Certificate-of-Need Law
Under North Carolina law, health care providers who wish to open or expand facilities, buy various kinds of new equipment, or in some cases simply treat more patients, must first…