North Carolina’s certificate-of-need law is an outdated law that dates back to the 1970s. It’s a failed economic policy from the feds that turns economics on its head when it…
Kylee Zempel writes for the Federalist about the latest research suggesting that lockdowns do more harm than good in addressing COVID-19. Anthony Fauci, leading leftists, and their malicious band of…
A unanimous three-judge panel has reversed a lower court’s ruling and ruled that Duke University Health System should get a certificate of need to add an MRI machine in Wake…
My initial reaction to the N.C. Court of Appeals’ latest ruling in a certificate-of-need dispute: Why do judges have anything to do with this process? To save most of you…
JLF’s Katherine Restrepo has written extensively about North Carolina’s Certificate of Need law, which forces hospitals and doctor groups to apply for and receive a state government permission slip before…
View in your browser. Health care policy decisions usually come as federal dictates, so it’s a rare opportunity when state legislators have full authority to grant North Carolinians more freedom…
A former Duke Hospital parking lot attendant can proceed with a portion of his lawsuit against Duke University, based on an opinion released this morning from the N.C. Court of…
View in browser. Consolidation among care providers is not good news for patients. It often results in fewer choices, higher prices, and potentially worse care. But provisions in the Patient…
Duke University Health Systems wants to expand its cancer center and research facility. The CEO says the work would allow Duke to keep up with demand. Problem is, in North…
About 20 years ago my family quit going to a certain group of family doctors in Durham because they began asking about a lot of things that weren’t any of…
This is surely a coup for the Duke Medical Center. Edward M. Kennedy has come to Durham today to have his inoperable brain tumor operated on. You just know the…
Brocker is asking Leyn about DSI’s reports now. Under reporting standards of SBI, would the unexpected male DNA found by DSI have been included in a report, Brocker asks. Yes,…