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Focusing on creating and pushing legislation that secures a free, competitive health care market for North Carolinians.
Health Care
Certificate of Need
Introduction Under North Carolina law, medical services providers must obtain a certificate of need (CON) from the state before they can open new facilities, expand existing facilities, install new or…
Health Care
Medicaid Expansion Comes With Massive Fraud
Research shows more than 1 in 5 Medicaid dollars spent will be "improper payments"
Health Care
Expansion Rapidly Swells Medicaid Rolls
Extreme cost and enrollment overruns have been the norm for expansion states.
Health Care
Appeals Court to Cooper: What “Science and Data”? We See Rights Violations
In 2020, Gov. Roy Cooper issued a slew of executive orders under the rubric of limiting the spread of Covid-19, which he justified by the slogan of “science and data.”…
Health Care
Decade of Medicaid Expansion in Other States Throws Up Plenty of Red Flags for North Carolina
Expanding Medicaid in North Carolina was a big mistake, and the harshest consequences will be felt by the state's neediest population.
Research Brief
Health Care
Recent Developments in a Challenge to 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. In a lawsuit currently before the North Carolina Supreme Court,…
Freedom Focus
Freedom Focus
Expand Freedom, Not Medicaid, for Better, More Affordable Healthcare
After a decade of resistance, North Carolina expanded its Medicaid program this year. It marks the largest entitlement increase in state history. Since government intervention is the major culprit in…
Health Care
Medicaid Expansion May Lead to Higher Hospital Prices
A new report in Health Affairs details how North Carolina's Medicaid expansion may expose patients to higher hospital bills.
Health Care
The State Shouldn’t Interfere with Blue Cross Restructuring
In the era where politics has become increasingly tribalistic, we seldom see significant bi-partisan support from leadership within both parties. The Reorganization and Economic Development Act, House Bill 346, is…
Research Brief
Health Care
DHHS Stops Reporting Covid Hospitalizations by Vaccination Status
Since last summer, the majority of Covid-19 hospitalizations in North Carolina have been to people fully vaccinated or boosted against Covid. Especially in recent weeks, fully vaccinated or boosted individuals…
Freedom Focus
Freedom Focus
Medicaid Expansion: Markets, Not Government, Would Deliver Better Results
Medicaid expansion is a government intervention created to address problems caused by previous interventions. Government artificially inflating demand while restricting supply has resulted in unaffordable prices and a lack of…
Health Care
NC House Introduces Medicaid Expansion Bill
Expansion remains a bad idea for North Carolina.