Health Care
Archaic CON Laws Standing in the Way of Medical Care Access in Buncombe County
Such an archaic obstruction to investing in expanded medical care facilities would be unthinkable in a free society.
Mission Hospital
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Defending Worker Freedom From Unions Targeting North Carolina
Is his picture coming to a North Carolina elevator near you? Veteran McDowell County state legislator Josh Dobson is North Carolina’s new labor commissioner. It’s a position that runs under…
Liberty
Public-Sector Unionization Could Cost NC $1.3 Billion
Unionization efforts are becoming more prevalent in North Carolina. Last month, nurses at Mission Hospital in Asheville voted to unionize after a pro-union campaign push from the National Nurses Organizing…
Health Care
Nurses Union Battle is Bigger than Mission Hospital
North Carolina is in the middle of a union battle at Mission Hospital in Asheville. On September 4, 2020, The Daily News reported on the union ballot initiative’s potential implications…
Health Care
Notes: Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Medicaid and NC Health Choice
I attended the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Medicaid and NC Health Choice yesterday afternoon (10/10/17). Below are notes that I took that highlight the meeting’s discussion: Link to Presentations Secretary…
Law & Public Safety
Appeals Court ruling favors Asheville hospital in dispute over violent mental patient
A three-judge panel of the N.C. Court of Appeals ruled unanimously that Mission Hospital in Asheville cannot be held liable for its decision not to commit a mentally disturbed patient…
Liberty
With This & My Rabbit’s Foot
When centralizing control of local economies doesn’t work, it must needs be the planners need broader powers, right? Ben Teague, executive director of the Economic Development Coalition for Asheville-Buncombe County,…
Liberty
Legislature votes to repeal Certificate of Public Advantage
View in your browser. Much happened in the final hours of the General Assembly session, some good, some bad, and altogether too much in general for those interested in good…
Liberty
Woodwork People?
Mission Hospital has asked people to stop going to the emergency room. The hospital is full. Oddly, anybody who knows they’re not supposed to overutilize the emergency room doesn’t go…
Liberty
They’re Home Nursing Their Aching Feet
I finally got my car back after more than a month of mechanical failures. So, tonight I carbon-footprinted over to the Asheville City Council meeting to hear everybody talking about…
Liberty
Private Transport? What Think Ye?
Six counties in Western North Carolina are considering partnering with G4S Secure Solutions for transporting involuntary commitments. G4S is the third largest corporation in the world. Its product line includes:…
Law & Public Safety
N.C. Court of Appeals rules against Brunswick County in property tax disputes
A unanimous three-judge panel of the N.C. Court of Appeals dismissed Brunswick County’s appeals of a series of nearly 20 rulings from the state Property Tax Commission. Appellate judges ruled…