Jordan Roberts, John Locke Foundation health care policy analyst, discusses the Trump administration’s approach to improving health care access. Roberts offered these comments during an interview with Donna Martinez for Carolina Journal Radio.
Dale Owen has been called many things, depending on who’s talking. He’s a cardiologist with a “bullseye” on his back, who is fighting to resurrect a dinosaur: independent, doctor-owned practices. Last year, he led 88 doctors away from Atrium Health, North Carolina’s behemoth hospital system. This…
A judge will hear arguments this month in a lawsuit challenging North Carolina’s certificate-of-need law. A Winston-Salem surgeon is challenging a provision in the CON law that blocks him from purchasing an MRI machine. Jon Guze, John Locke Foundation director of legal studies, has filed a friend-of-the-court brief supporting the…
Sal Nuzzo, James Madison Institute vice president for policy, discusses the process of implementing dental therapy in Florida. Nuzzo offered these comments during an interview for Carolina Journal Radio.
With fiscal forecasts predicting the State Health Plan will go broke in four years, the N.C. treasurer is hatching new tactics to push hospitals into clear pricing. State Treasurer Dale Folwell has been fighting hospital systems for months. He planned to save the State Health…
Jon Guze, John Locke Foundation director of legal studies, discusses Dr. Gajendra Singh’s lawsuit challenging North Carolina’s certificate-of-need requirement for magnetic resonance imaging, or MRI, machines. Guze offered these comments during an interview with Donna Martinez for Carolina Journal Radio.
Work requirements for Medicaid aren’t intended to be punitive and aren’t really about saving money. They promote personal responsibility and affirm the dignity of work.
Becki Gray, John Locke Foundation senior vice president, discusses a proposal in the N.C. House that would tie Medicaid expansion to work requirements and premiums. Gray offered these comments during the Sept. 19, 2019, edition of Spectrum News’ “Capital Tonight.”…
Cynicism about our civic dialogue is premature. There are positive examples of political engagement out there, examples that deserve attention and emulation.
North Carolina’s cities host some of the nation’s most monopolistic hospital markets. When it comes to giving patients’ choices in health care, North Carolina fares badly. Two of North Carolina’s cities — Durham and Greensboro — scored in the top five most monopolistic metro areas in…
