By minimizing stress points and work disincentives, we can ensure that all North Carolinians have access to the healthcare coverage they need to thrive.
North Carolina’s Medicaid program will expand on December 1 to offer fully subsidized health plans to virtually every legal resident whose household income is at or below 138% of the federal poverty line. Notice I said “offer.” Many individuals and households who’ll now qualify for Medicaid are already enrolled in other health plans, either through...
Health insurance coverage is one issue that will transcend short-term and long-term recovery from COVID-19. Short-term changes in health coverage will likely require long-term strategies to address the needs of individuals whose source of health coverage changed during the pandemic. A recent report by consulting firm Health Management Associates predicts extensive changes to North Carolina’s...
Most framers of Obamacare believe that a Medicare/Medicaid plan for all is and should be the ultimate destination for American health care. Does Roy Cooper agree?
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Roy Cooper's campaign rhetoric ignores key facts about the Affordable Care Act's impact.
The troubled federal law continues to compile a growing list of casualties.
The president's latest proposal is full of flaws.
The irony of Obamacare is that its health insurance exchanges are suffering from a problem that was supposed to be avoided – what health economists call adverse selection. When health insurance plans must cover people with pre-existing conditions and they are not allowed to charge premiums that reflect the risk of those conditions, then people...
Roughly half of the co-ops tied to the Affordable Care Act have fallen by the wayside.
Millions of Americans would rather remain uninsured than enter the exchanges and pay inflated prices for plans that don’t really shield them from high out-of-pocket expenses.
A court ruling striking down Obamacare subsidies could leave N.C. scrambling for new Medicaid money.
