Opinion
What North Carolina can learn from Tennessee about healthcare
These reforms are not simply about insurance or pharmacy regulations. They are about whether patients retaining meaningful choices in their care.
Opinion
SCOTUS brief offers rare support for free markets from Trump team
The nation's solicitor general opposes anticompetitive behavior in a dispute over Fayetteville's long-term electricity contract.
Opinion
NC needs the REPAIR Act. Budd, Tillis, and Rouzer can make it happen.
In short, the REPAIR Act protects competition, reduces costs, and gives consumers real choice.
Opinion
NC hospital frustrated by rival’s CON game
WakeMed's recent legal brief offers a compelling case for ending North Carolina's certificate-of-need restrictions.
Opinion
Court battle highlights CON’s negative impact on competition
The battle for a new MRI scanner in northeastern North Carolina exposes flaws in the state's certificate-of-need regime.
News
Jackson sues landlords for using software algorithm to set rental rates
Newly sworn-in Attorney General Jeff Jackson joined a lawsuit alongside the US Department of Justice (DOJ) and nine other state attorneys general suing landlords for what they say is raising rent and "frustrating the natural forces of competition."
Opinion
The federal government’s Amazon lawsuit will hurt thousands of NC small businesses
I work with dozens of businesses in North Carolina and nationwide that successfully sell products online through Amazon and Walmart.com. I’m deeply concerned for my clients and the more than 20,000 Amazon sellers based in North Carolina because the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) misguided lawsuit against Amazon is the ultimate Big Government blunder. Amazon revolutionized...
Opinion
Lawmakers have chance to end state’s CON game
A vote for Senate Bill 48 could end ongoing legal disputes about a regulation that stifles health care competition.
Opinion
Hospital mergers: Profits over patients
“Economies of scale, lower administrative costs, and more coordinated care will lower overall costs and improve the quality of health care.” This is a line we typically hear when large hospital systems merge or acquire smaller practices. To many, this may seem reasonable. For example, think about a large retail store such as Walmart. When...
Opinion
US Airways-American Merger No Slam Dunk
The airline industry is evolving rapidly, making it unclear that an alliance between the two carriers would help consumers.
Opinion
US Airways-American Merger No Slam Dunk
The airline industry is evolving rapidly, making it unclear that an alliance between the two carriers would help consumers.
Opinion
Yet Another “Special” Case
Auto dealers say that they must have a special law to keep competitors from encroaching on their turf. One striking characteristic of this argument is how very non-special it is in the legislative process.
