The Supreme Court’s decision in King v. Burwell to uphold Obamacare subsidies in states with a federally run health insurance exchange prompted the Associated Press, Time Warner Cable News’ “Capital Tonight,” WTVD Television, and the Winston-Salem Journal to seek expert analysis from John Locke Foundation Health and Human Services Policy Analyst Katherine Restrepo.
Restrepo analyzes King v. Burwell during an appearance this afternoon with Bill LuMaye on Talk Radio WPTF. The Kernersville News published her recent column about Obamacare rate increases in North Carolina. NCPoliticalNews.com publicized Restrepo’s research newsletters previewing the King ruling and analyzing the health and human services portion of the Senate budget.
The News and Observer‘s “NC Insider” newsletter highlighted this week the John Locke Foundation’s recommendation that legislative negotiators employ a “reverse logrolling” approach to resolve their budget differences. Director of Fiscal Policy Studies Sarah Curry authored the “reverse logrolling” recommendations, which also attracted attention from the state Libertarian Party and NCPoliticalNews.com. The N.C. Spin website cited Curry’s research newsletter on interesting but not highly publicized tidbits from the state Senate’s budget plan.
The N.C. Spin website promoted Director of Research and Education Studies Terry Stoops‘ analysis of the Senate’s education budget plan, along with Restrepo’s take on the Senate budget’s Medicaid provisions. Restrepo discussed state certificate-of-need restrictions during a presentation to the Alamance County Republican Party.
The N.C. Spin website highlighted Director of Regulatory Studies Jon Sanders‘ column on costs associated with North Carolina’s renewable energy mandate. A Wilmington Star-News column mentioned JLF support for a measure to transfer misdemeanor cases involving 16- and 17-year-old defendants to the juvenile justice system.
The Heartland Institute interviewed Stoops about excessive regulations hampering charter school progress. A TownHall.com column quoted Stoops’ analysis of the state’s new A-F grading system for public schools. N.C. Senate Republicans cited the transcript of a recent Carolina Journal Radio interview with Stoops about the A-F grades. The Gifted Kids Vids website promoted Stoops’ assessment of a Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools school lunch dispute.
