Preston Cooper explores a key factor in rising college tuition costs. Most prospective college students say that tuition is unfairly high—and they are correct. The cost of college has not…
Andrew Dunn reports for Carolina Journal Online on state Treasurer Dale Folwell’s concerns about hospital price transparency. Joshua Peters’ CJ Opinion urges action from lawmakers on addressing Title IX concerns.
A federal judge ruled the Department of Health and Human Services’ rule to force hospitals to disclose their negotiated prices with insurers was legal. The rule, introduced last November, was…
On Friday, March 20, 2020, State Treasurer Dale Folwell announced his intention to rescue the State Health Plan with price transparency. Carolina Journal’s Julie Havlak reports: With the State Health Plan,…
James Capretta writes at RealClearPolicy.com about two market-based health care reforms worth prioritizing. Advocates of market incentives in health care should focus their energy on two reforms that would make…
Tom Coburn writes for Fox Business about the role of price transparency in improving American health care. Democratic presidential primary candidates are spending a lot of time talking about health…
This week, syndicated columnist John Hood published an opinion piece in Carolina Journal on transparency in health care. According to Hood: When State Treasurer Dale Folwell took office in early…
Ernest Istook writes for the Washington Examiner about problems linked to President Trump’s health care executive order. President Trump has been the champion of reducing red tape. That’s why it’s…
I write a lot about the direct primary care model (see here, here, and here) – one that accepts no insurance, charges a monthly fee, and where physciains can spend…
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…
Due to the on-going government shutdown and myriad of other national news stories, you probably missed a significant policy change aimed at hospital prices. The Trump Administration created a new federal…
David Bicksler offers Federalist readers ideas for lowering health care costs. First, require lower medical prices and insurance premiums when bills are paid at the time of visit with cash,…