Voters say high prices (especially in housing and health care) are top issues. And yet... they are often skeptical that increasing supply would help.
Neither political party has a monopoly on what North Carolinians think are the best ideas to support their health.
To preserve Medicaid expansion, keep up with rising health costs, cover the state’s share of SNAP, and fund other programs that one or both parties deem essential would add several billions of dollars a year to the state budget.
Having looked carefully at the empirical evidence on economic growth, Locke Foundation analysts concluded it cannot simply be “purchased” by spending more tax dollars on either public programs or corporate subsidies.
President Donald Trump’s 2026 State of the Union speech on Tuesday was, true to form, a bold assertion of winning and success, both of the first year of his second term and of the nation at large. I don’t want to attempt to analyze all the claims made, as I’m sure many national commentators will...
A functioning market depends on informed consumers, but when a patient is handed a prescription without being told that the drug carries multiple black‑box warnings and risk of permanent disability, the consumer cannot make a rational choice.
Whoever came in front of me injured and need of my skills would benefit from my duty-bound directive to care for them all. War changes many things, but that isn’t one of them.
After a significant drop in vaccination rates, NC experienced a dramatic surge in whooping cough cases in 2024 with 576 cases reported, over 6 times more than 2023.
What if we can return to these market-based systems (some of which are re-emerging on their own) and save the nation from an unnecessary debt crisis?
Asking better questions, listening more closely, and monitoring more carefully can mean the difference between life and death.
North Carolina seniors will soon be hit with higher health care bills. Between 2023 and 2025, Medicare Part D drug plan premiums rose by 28% for North Carolina seniors. And some will see an even steeper jump this January. The blame falls squarely on the former Biden administration’s Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), which has effectively...
