As chief budget writer in the House, state Rep. Nelson Dollar is accustomed to dealing with big numbers. But he marvels at the pending $6 billion layout to launch the first phase of the state’s Medicaid transformation to a managed care format. “That’s roughly a third of the Medicaid procurement, so it’s the largest procurement...
GREENSBORO — State Health and Human Services Secretary Dr. Mandy Cohen got an earful Monday night as she launched a statewide tour to solicit opinions about Medicaid reform. Several dozen medical providers and association officials, patients, and parents of children on Medicaid attended the first in a planned series of town hall forums. As more...
Katherine Restrepo on Medicaid reform principles; Christie Herrera on public's view of Medicaid expansion; lawmakers voice concern about energy industry regulations; Rick Glazier on civility in politics; Jenna Robinson on market forces in higher education
Katherine Restrepo on why N.C. is right not to expand Medicaid under Obamacare; the public weighs in at fracking forums; Kay Hagan & Thom Tillis debate Obamacare; Paul Stam on why school choice helps all; Jane Shaw on colleges reaching out to dropouts
Terry Stoops on new state K-12 test scores; legislators debate changes to tax law for ticketed events; John Hood on academic research on economic growth; Ken Starr on higher education reform; Katherine Restrepo on Medicaid reform ideas
Rick Henderson on private health exchanges; Beth Wood & legislators on recovering $20M in interest from N.C. Rural Center; Eric Cantor on importance of N.C. Senate race; Jonathan Ingram on Medicaid reforms; George Leef on value of college rankings
Rick Henderson on trouble engulfing N.C. Rural Center; Pat McCrory, Phil Berger, Thom Tillis & Sharon Decker on tax reform; Jonathan Ingram on N.C.'s Medicaid reform; legislators debate charter school autonomy; JLF's Roy Cordato on N.C. tax reform plan
Terry Stoops on problems with Common Core English test & remediation required of high school graduates; Grover Norquist on N.C. tax reform push; Felix Livingston on honorable entrepreneurship; JLF's Katherine Restrepo on consumer-driven Medicaid reform
John Hood on Gov. McCrory's Medicaid reform plan; Michael Lowrey on local tax burden; Tim Phillips on AFP push to improve N.C.'s tax system; Angus Burgin on tracing conservatism's roots; Becki Gray on paring back renewable energy portfolio standard.
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