Statement on Dismantling the Department of Education
RALEIGH — Donald Bryson, President and CEO of the John Locke Foundation, issued the following statement in response to President Donald Trump’s executive order directing the closure of the U.S.…
Block grant
Budget, Taxation & Economy
New Carolina Journal Online features
Kari Travis reports that a pro-union bill in the U.S. House could threaten North Carolina’s gig economy. Jordan Roberts’ Daily Journal explains why a Medicaid expansion block grant still represents…
Health Care
New Carolina Journal Online features
Lindsay Marchello reports for Carolina Journal Online on the N.C. Court of Appeals ruling against Gov. Roy Cooper in a dispute with the General Assembly over control of federal block…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Unanimous Appeals Court rules against Cooper in latest dispute with General Assembly
A unanimous three-judge panel of the N.C. Court of Appeals has affirmed a lower court’s ruling against Gov. Roy Cooper in his ongoing legal dispute with state legislative leaders. In…
Liberty
A critique of universal child care
Aparna Mathur, Abby McCloskey, and Angela Rachidi write for the American Enterprise Institute about problems associated with U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s proposal for universal child care. There is no denying…
Research Brief
Health Care
Feds May Undermines Cooper’s Medicaid Expansion Scheme
Despite the North Carolina legislature and other federal obstacles standing in the way, Governor Roy Cooper desperately wants to expand Medicaid, the state-federal program that provides health services at no…
Health Care
Federal Plans to Restructure Medicaid Undermine Governor Roy Cooper’s Plan For Hospitals To Pay For A North Carolina Medicaid Expansion
Despite the North Carolina legislature and other federal obstacles standing in the way, Governor Roy Cooper is relentless in attempts to expand Medicaid, the state-federal program that provides health services…
Health Care
What Congress Should Do If SCOTUS Strikes Down Obamacare Subsidies In North Carolina
Authority ultimately lies in the hands of Congress to make legislative fixes to a favorable plaintiff ruling in King v Burwell. If SCOTUS deems Obamcare subsidies invalid in federal exchange…
Liberty
Want To Reform Medicaid? Look At Block Grants & Tax Credits
As state legislators continue to haggle over reform of North Carolina’s Medicaid program, a new John Locke Foundation report explains how fundamental changes in the funding system would improve Medicaid.…
Health Care
Block grants, tax credits among the best reforms for N.C. Medicaid
As state legislators continue to haggle over reform of North Carolina’s Medicaid program, a new John Locke Foundation report explains how fundamental changes in the funding system would improve Medicaid.…
Health Care
Block grants, tax credits would help improve N.C. Medicaid
Click here to view and here to listen to Katherine Restrepo discussing this Spotlight report. RALEIGH — Converting the federal portion of North Carolina’s Medicaid program into an annual block…
Health Care
The Mechanics of Medicaid: How Medicaid’s flawed financial design drives program costs
Medicaid’s fundamental flaws stem from the way in which it is funded, as both state and federal government share the total bill. If Medicaid’s federal share was transferred to North…