Click here to view and here to listen to Katherine Restrepo discussing this Policy Report. RALEIGH — Medicaid spending has grown dramatically, while patient health outcomes have declined, as North…
The debate over NC’s Medicaid program pits defenders of the status-quo Community Care of North Carolina (CCNC) model against reformers touting Governor McCrory’s proposed Partnership for a Healthy North Carolina.…
Click here to view and here to listen to Katherine Restrepo discussing this Policy Report. RALEIGH — Gov. Pat McCrory’s Medicaid reform plan marks a “critical step forward” to help…
Click here to view and here to listen to Katherine Restrepo discussing this Spotlight report. RALEIGH — North Carolina could look northwest to Indiana and south to Florida for evidence…
RALEIGH — Spending slightly less than Gov. Pat McCrory’s General Fund budget plan, the N.C. Senate’s $20.56 billion proposal would move state government spending in the right direction. The John…
View in your browser. Competition is a beautiful thing. It makes us all work harder. And it encourages personal responsibility. The time has come for North Carolina to roll up…
View in your browser. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, plays a dangerous game with incentives. The 2,700 page legislation keeps digging itself into a…
In a two-part series, North Carolina Health News dissects the administrative costs of its Medicaid program and questions whether the state entitlement program really is broken: “There is no crisis…
The big public health story you may have missed. It’s prescription overdose deaths. As the Raleigh News & Observer reports: Most notably, deaths due to motor vehicle accidents in North…
It is yet to be known if Gov. Perdue will veto the budget compromise or pocket it for 10 days so that it passes without her signature. Not counting funds…
The Senate’s budget proposes the same cut to Smart Start as the House budget did which is 20 percent. The Senate’s budget also cuts community services by $30 million which…