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…
This morning was the first meeting of the North Carolina Council for Health Care Coverage, set up by North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper. The council is comprised of North Carolina…
Members of the North Carolina General Assembly will face tough decisions on important health care legislation in the current session. Many bills have already been introduced. For example, there have…
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…
Carolina Journal’s Dan Way reports on a Mercatus Center study of North Carolina’s Certificate-of-Need law — a law most states have repealed. A typical North Carolina medical patient would save…
A recently released report paid for by the NC Hospital Association (NCHA) and prepared by the Research Triangle Institute (RTI) has, from an economics perspective, a number of flaws. Its…
If legislators end up scrapping or reforming North Carolina’s antiquated and useless Certificate of Need (CON) law, it is understood that smaller community hospitals may have difficulty remaining viable if stand-alone…
The battle to allow for more competition in the health care market wages on between the Davids and Goliaths of the North Carolina health care industry. A few weeks ago,…
Today’s News & Observer features the North Carolina Hospital Association, a free-market lobbyist, and legislators battling over pending legislation that could potentially terminate the state’s highly bureaucratic Certificate of Need (CON)…
View in your browser. It is easy to understand why North Carolina hospitals are adamant about keeping the state’s Certificate of Need (CON) regulations locked in the law books. After…
View in your browser. Ongoing Medicaid reform initiatives seeking to rein in unnecessary spending and better coordinate patient care may improve North Carolina’s medical assistance program to a degree, and…
Certificate of Need (CON) laws stifle competition and drive up costs for health care. JLF has long advocated for eliminating monopoly protections for hospitals and other heath care facilities, as…