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Charles Blahous and Liam Sigaud of the Mercatus Center document a negative consequence of Medicaid expansion. Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is generally associated in expansion states…
Recently, while responding to reporters’ questions on the budget, Gov. Roy Cooper reiterated his desire to expand Medicaid. For years, the Republican-led General Assembly has resisted expanding the Medicaid program to include…
Next week, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell wants to hold a full vote on his chamber’s revised health reform bill, the Better Care Reconciliation Act (BCRA). Thanks to Texas…
Last week’s newsletter highlighted the fiscal impact on North Carolina if the legislature agreed to opt for Obamacare’s Medicaid expansion. This week, I’ll touch on three critical human costs: 1. Private…
This past Monday evening, I spoke on a panel at Wake Forest University’s School of Law on whether North Carolina should expand Medicaid, the medical assistance program originally designed for…
View in your browser. This morning, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in King v Burwell, where the plaintiffs are not seeking to challenge Obamacare, but for the federal…
The White House considers the latest enrollment period to purchase non group health care plans a success — 11.4 million people and counting. Success shouldn’t be determined by the tally…
View in your browser. Obamacare’s original second enrollment period to #GetCovered has just about come to a close. (It was supposed to end on Sunday, but the administration announced this…
View in your browser. On Tuesday, two federal appeals court panels released different rulings as to whether Obamacare subsidies can be distributed to policyholders who have purchased health insurance through federal…
View in your browser. The following recently appeared on the Forbes blog. It is available online here. By Katherine Restrepo, Health and Human Services Policy Analyst at John Locke Foundation and…
In today’s National Center for Policy Analysis blog: Under ObamaCare, states must decide whether or not to expand their Medicaid programs to individuals earning up to 138 percent of the…
On the eve of the president’s latest State of the Union Address, three Senate Republicans released an Obamacare alternative proposal. The Patient Choice, Affordability, Responsibility, and Empowerment Act (CARE) sponsored by Republican…