Opinion
Federal crash will hurt North Carolinians
America’s ship of state is huge, ornate, cluttered, and bound for calamity. Will North Carolinians just go along for the (perilous) ride? Or will we demand action before it’s too late?
Opinion
The ‘Inflation Reduction Act’ broke Medicare for NC seniors
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...
Opinion
Federal change could transform state care
Explicitly allowing households to tap health-savings accounts to pay membership fees will only expand the market for direct primary care.
Opinion
DOGE can learn from North Carolina
No wasteful government programs exists by accident. Some interest group lobbied for it and will lobby vociferously to protect it.
Opinion
NC health resources strained as Medicare shortchanges doctors
With dwindling payments, many smaller, independent physician practices must cut back on staffing or services, stop seeing Medicare patients, or even close their doors completely.
Opinion
In Congress, an ‘EPIC’ move to support NC life sciences
NC's thriving innovation economy is at risk, thanks to a provision in the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act that discourages investment in an entire class of medicines known as "small molecules."
Opinion
Disappointing primaries lacked substance
Party nominations for North Carolina’s 2024 elections are, for the most part, decided. Just four races remain to be settled in runoffs on May 14. So, would you say you’re generally satisfied or dissatisfied with our primaries this year? Here’s my answer to the question: I’m deeply disappointed. It’s not that all the candidates I...
Opinion
States should take lead on welfare
I’m a fiscally conservative North Carolinian — and I think state taxes should be significantly higher. No, I haven’t lost my head, or my spine. And while I’m a committed supply-sider, I’m not referring here to projected revenues from a fast-growing economy. I truly mean North Carolina ought to levy higher state taxes. But only...
News
Treasurer: N.C. hospitals profiting, not losing money on Medicare
A report released Tuesday by North Carolina Treasurer Dale Folwell shows that most hospitals in the state are overcharging patients while claiming they are losing substantial amounts of money on Medicare while profiting from it.
News
A second healthcare exec pleads guilty to Medicare fraud
A second Raleigh healthcare company executive has pled guilty to defrauding the Medicare system for millions of dollars.
Opinion
How the spending spree will end
If presidents and lawmakers aren’t willing to make substantial changes to entitlements, they aren’t truly willing to make substantial reductions in federal spending.
Opinion
How government efforts to lower prices can increase costs
Programs like Medicare and Medicaid sold as making health care more “affordable” may dramatically lower the price of health care to enrollees, but very well may increase the costs to society of delivering care.
