John Locke Updates: Health Care

Anybody who is in the business of selling the idea of direct primary care (DPC) to patients, employers, or politicians can anticipate the usual pushback that will arise in…

Certificate of Need (CON) laws require your doctor or hospital to request and receive a government permission slip before offering you new technology, better facilities, or more treatment options. CON…

Americans aren’t thrilled with the fact that health care costs continue to eat away at their overall take-home pay. For those who have insurance through their jobs, deductibles have…

North Carolina’s Obamacare exchange market is in crisis mode. UnitedHealth Group and Aetna have backed out. That leaves 80 percent of North Carolinians who don’t have job-based health…

It is well known that a huge part of the cost of labor for American business is health insurance. A small firm employing as few as 15 or 20 people…

In 2017, a majority of North Carolinians who purchase health insurance on their own will have no choice but to pay their premiums to either Blue Cross and Blue Shield,…

North Carolina legislators are waiting for the feds to approve their 1115 waiver to reform Medicaid, the state-federal health insurance program that covers low-income parents, children, the elderly, blind, and…

View in your browser. I’ve written before how direct primary care (DPC) networks help private, self-insured employers like Amazon and Expedia save big on…

View in your browser. Tired of the average 7-minute doctor visit? Then consider making the switch to direct primary care (DPC). For an affordable monthly…

View in your browser. Some legislators will be coming into the short session this April with an appetite to do away with North Carolina’s Certificate of…