Mitch Kokai, John Locke Foundation senior political analyst, discusses the recently unveiled U.S. Senate health care reform plan. Kokai offered these comments during the June 23, 2017, edition of UNC-TV’s “Front Row with Marc Rotterman.”…
Katherine Restrepo, John Locke Foundation director of health care policy, assesses the U.S. Senate’s proposal for repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act. Restrepo offered these comments for a June 22, 2017, report on Spectrum News.
Sen. Andy Wells, R-Catawba, wants know how much state taxpayer money agencies are spending for unintended purposes. During debate Thursday on House Bill 403, Wells joined other senators in criticizing the nearly $1 billion in reserve funds held by the seven state-designated Local Management Entities/Managed Care Organizations. The LME/MCOs administer regional services for mental…
Patients deserve better access to both life-saving and life-preserving health-care treatments. Which means physicians, hospitals, and other health care facilities should be able to invest in their communities to address unmet patient demand for critical services such as kidney dialysis units, cost-effective surgery, neonatal intensive care units, nursing homes, and much, much, more.
From Carolina Journal Radio Program No. 734: North Carolina’s largest health insurer wants to raise rates by 23 percent for policies tied to the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare. Katherine Restrepo, the John Locke Foundation’s director of health care policy, analyzes factors contributing to the rate increase. Restrepo also…
North Carolina’s largest health insurer wants to raise rates by 23 percent for policies tied to the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare. Katherine Restrepo, the John Locke Foundation’s director of health care policy, analyzes factors contributing to the rate increase. Restrepo also offers ideas about ways the state and federal…
Katherine Restrepo, John Locke Foundation director of health care policy, explains how price transparency would help improve American health care. Restrepo offered these comments during an interview with Donna Martinez for Carolina Journal Radio.
State Treasurer Dale Folwell is focusing attention on North Carolina’s unfunded liabilities for state retiree health and pension benefits. He offered a progress report Monday for the John Locke Foundation’s Shaftesbury Society.
John Locke Foundation Chairman John Hood and Senior Vice President Becki Gray discuss a recent court ruling that will force state government to set aside more money for retirees’ health care coverage. Hood and Gray offered these comments during the June 4, 2017, edition of “N.C. Spin.”…
Katherine Restrepo, John Locke Foundation director of health care policy, discusses Blue Cross Blue Shield’s latest plans for Affordable Care Act rate increases. Restrepo offered these comments for a May 25, 2017, report on WTVD (ABC11).
