Katherine Restrepo, John Locke Foundation director of health care policy, discusses Obamacare subsidies and rising health care costs. Restrepo offered these comments for an Oct. 18, 2017, report on Spectrum News.
Katherine Restrepo, John Locke Foundation director of health care policy, discusses health care “deserts” during an Oct. 13, 2017, report for WGHP (MyFox8).
What if a product could save lives and millions in health-care costs? Imagine that product had undergone extensive tests and trials providing undisputed data showing it was safe. But what if a government agency with an anti-tobacco agenda from a previous administration made that product unavailable? It’s happening now, as the Food and Drug Administration considers an application…
North Carolina’s certificate-of-need rules restrict growth in health care services. New Bern ophthalmologist Dr. Jay Singleton offered a firsthand account of the obstacles created by CON restrictions during a presentation Monday for the John Locke Foundation’s Shaftesbury Society.
From Carolina Journal Radio Program No. 750: North Carolina’s certificate-of-need restrictions continue to block medical providers from developing new facilities and purchasing major equipment unless they obtain state government’s permission slip. Katherine Restrepo, John Locke Foundation director of health care policy, discusses the latest case in which overly burdensome…
The N.C. General Assembly returns to work Oct. 4. In addition to gubernatorial vetoes and unresolved bills from this year’s regular “long session,” legislators could address proposed constitutional amendments and a plan to redraw judicial election maps. Becki Gray, John Locke Foundation senior vice president, analyzes legislators’ priorities as they…
Becki Gray, John Locke Foundation senior vice president, discusses possible Trump administration executive orders that would enact health care reforms. Gray offered these comments during the Sept. 27, 2017, edition of Spectrum News’ “Capital Tonight.”…
Health care reform is only worth doing if it will significantly constrain the inflation of health care costs in the coming years and decades, including expenditures by Medicare and Medicaid.
Katherine Restrepo, John Locke Foundation director of health care policy, explains how North Carolina’s certificate-of-need restrictions create problems for health care providers. Restrepo offered these comments during an interview with Donna Martinez for Carolina Journal Radio.
As Republicans try to spark what many see as their last, best effort to repeal Obamacare, health-care analyst Avik Roy is throwing dirt on the Graham-Cassidy bill. The bill, sponsored by Republican Sens. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and Bill Cassidy of Louisiana,…
