Katherine Restrepo, John Locke Foundation health and human services policy analyst, discusses problems linked to Medicaid expansion. Restrepo offered these comments during an interview with Donna Martinez for Carolina Journal Radio (Program No. 605).
Christie Herrera, senior fellow of the Foundation for Government Accountability, discusses results of a recent poll dealing with the political consequences of expanding Medicaid in North Carolina. Herrera offered these comments during an interview for Carolina Journal Radio (Program No. 605).
Two state government actions over the course of a single day show that support for harmful central planning is alive and well.
Mitch Kokai, John Locke Foundation director of communications, discusses North Carolina’s debate over Medicaid expansion. Kokai offered these comments during the Dec. 3, 2014, edition of Time Warner Cable News’ “Capital Tonight.”
Cody Hand, vice president and deputy general counsel for the N.C. Hospitals Association, acknowledges the need to reform some aspects of North Carolina’s certificate-of-need law while defending its underlying structure. Hand offered these comments during an Oct. 27, 2014, speech for the John Locke Foundation’s Shaftesbury Society. To watch full-length presentations of JLF events, click...
More medical providers are delivering direct primary care, cutting out the insurance middleman.
Dr. Philip Miller, who practiced internal medicine and cardiology for 34 years with Wake Internal Medicine Consultants Inc. and who works now as a part-time physician with the Military Entrance Processing Station, discusses North Carolina’s history with frontal lobotomy surgeries. Miller offered these comments during an Oct. 20, 2014, speech for the John Locke Foundation’s...
Katherine Restrepo, John Locke Foundation health and human services policy analyst, discusses the impact of North Carolina’s certificate-of-need restrictions on health care. Restrepo offered these comments during an interview with Donna Martinez for Carolina Journal Radio (Program No. 596).
Despite all the attention paid to education spending, health and human services grab a larger piece of the state budget pie.
Dr. John Staddon, professor emeritus at Duke University, discusses the weak public health case against smoking, a case he explores in more detail in the book Unlucky Strike. Staddon offered these comments during an interview for Carolina Journal Radio (Program No. 595).
Dr. Richard Bruch, orthopedic surgeon and past president of the N.C. Medical Society, supports reform of North Carolina’s certificate-of-need law. He says powerful interests help block helpful reforms. Bruch offered these comments during an Oct. 13, 2014, speech for the John Locke Foundation’s Shaftesbury Society.
