U.S. tax and labor law
John Hinderaker of the Powerline blog documents an interesting development in the American legal community. Not too many years ago, the bar was one of the pillars of the Republican…
Introduction There are many opportunities for North Carolina lawmakers to help lower the cost of health insurance. One way is to re-examine the 58 health benefit mandates that state officials…
Robert Bork Jr. writes for the Washington Examiner about the harmful impact of businesses focusing too much attention on environmental, social, and governance criteria. A few years back, a Nevada…
Sita Nataraj Slavov writes for Law and Liberty about uncertainty surrounding Social Security’s long-term viability. Say you’re a young or middle-aged person who isn’t planning to retire for at least…
Last week, a three-judge panel for the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments in ongoing litigation concerning a Trump administration rule, which expanded access to association health plans (AHP). North…
From Medicaid expansion to the State Health Plan fight, health care issues in this legislative session have been in the spotlight. Now another policy issue seems to have attracted attention…
What are association health plans? Association health plans (AHP) are group health insurance plans sold through a business or trade association to its employer members. These plans have been in…
Given the legislative logjams created by a divided federal government, it’s safe to say that the chances of major health care reform in Congress are very low. Fortunately, the states…
During the 2016 campaign cycle, many candidates, including Donald Trump, promised voters that they would work to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and replace it with a system that…
President Trump signed an executive order late last year which directed federal agencies to create more options for people to purchase health insurance. Since then, the federal government has made…
The latest version of House Bill 933 would free more small businesses and nonprofit groups from health insurance restrictions tied to the Affordable Care Act. The Senate took an initial…
Key Points Health insurance benefit mandates benefit few but increase costs for all Mandates cost North Carolina policyholders in the individual and small-group insurance markets over $218 million per year…