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Introduction Over the past decade and a half, North Carolina’s regulatory environment has improved steadily. Under Republican leadership, the General Assembly has passed Regulatory Reform Acts regularly since 2011. They…
North Carolina's administrative code consists of more than 6 million words, more than ten times the novel War and Peace
Medicaid expansion is a government intervention created to address problems caused by previous interventions. Government artificially inflating demand while restricting supply has resulted in unaffordable prices and a lack of…
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…
North Carolina leaders have pledged nearly $2 billion in taxpayer resources in corporate welfare in the last two years. Interstate compacts represent truce agreements to cease corporate welfare incentives that…
James Broughel of the Mercatus Center offers a menu of options for reducing governments’ regulatory burden at the state level. Regulation is pervasive in the United States and touches nearly…
Last year, HHS instituted a periodic review process with sunset provision for all agency rules, a reform that in North Carolina has cut over one in 10 regulations. HHS did…
North Carolina's archaic certificate-of-need laws leave the state with significant deficits in psychiatric hospitals and substance abuse facilities — and higher prices. North Carolina should join the 15 other states…
Executive Summary North Carolina is one of 35 states with a Certificate of Need (CON) program, a law requiring health providers to obtain the permission of a state board before…
President Joe Biden has proposed a $1.9 trillion relief package. As City Journal puts it, “Feel Good Now – Pay Later.” Columnist Allison Schrager keys in on a key component:…
“There are two ways of exerting one’s strength: one is pushing down, the other is pulling up,” Booker T. Washington said. We have had a reminder in recent weeks that…
The News & Observer ran one of its occasional “fact checks” on a recent statement by former Democratic Sen. Floyd McKissick before the General Assembly. He said, while calling for…