Health Care
Congress could unleash DPC with minor change
Here in North Carolina, we have a favorable direct primary care (DPC) climate, which allows for the creation and use of these primary care models. Many states have codified into…
Indian Health Service
branch of the United States Health Department regarding the health of Native Americans
Health Care
Dental Therapy in North Carolina
Introduction While the national health care policy debate focuses on access to health insurance and health providers, the importance of oral care often does not receive the attention it should.…
Health Care
Misusing health care statistics to call for more government involvement
Jonah Goldberg explains at National Review Online why it’s misleading to use life expectancy data to call for greater government control over American health care. Whenever the subject of health…
Health Care
Barron’s editorial page editor offers health care ideas to Trump
Thomas Donlan of Barron’s explains in his latest editorial commentary that President-elect Donald Trump has an opportunity to make major positive changes in health care. As a form of insurance,…
Liberty
Hosting IHS students
The John Locke Foundation hosted the Institute for Humane Studies’ two-day Careers in Public Policy Workshop this week. John Hood, Executive Vice President Kory Swanson, Roy Cordato, Becki Gray, Daren…
Liberty
The “public option” for Native Americans
Terry Anderson at PERC in Montana discusses an existing “public option” in health care, the Indian Health Service here. Unfortunately, Indians are not getting healthier under the federal system. In…
Liberty
Single-payer horror stories
If you’re on the fence about whether to join thousands of North Carolinians at the Patients First rally on July 21, maybe you should take a gander at a couple…
Liberty
IHS at Wake Forest
The deadline passed, but those who want to take part can email John Thrasher and tell him why you want to attend to get on the waitlist for the June…
Liberty
NC HS Football: We’re Done Here
So — Will Charlotte Independence hit 100 straight wins and a 7th consecutive state title? That is the only question before us, right? With only three starters back on defense…
Liberty
Inside the Independence Stabbing
There’s a conspiracy of silence about last Friday’s stabbing at Independence High. Two key facts have yet to make it to the wider public although they are widely remarked upon…
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Old news, at least to me
While at an IHS seminar at Princeton, a colleague of mine and I made a model layout for this very idea; though, I’ll have to say, we were looking for…