Opinion
Socializing healthcare won’t end scarcity
In government-run systems, that scarcity doesn't go away. It's just that bureaucrats and government boards, rather than insurance companies, decide what is covered and what is not.
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.
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We’re sliding towards single payer
North Carolina is about to become the 40th state to expand its Medicaid program under the Affordable Care Act. The bill drew huge, bipartisan majorities of legislators. Republican leaders resisted expansion for years, arguing that the promise of permanent 90% funding from Washington was either implausible or fiscally irresponsible. They no longer feel that way....
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.
Opinion
States should drive health reform
Democrats and Republicans have been debating health care reform for decades in Washington. It’s the wrong location — and which national plan to adopt is the wrong question.
Opinion
Democrats may help GOP in 2020
If the Democratic Party makes a sharp left turn, on health care or other issues, it will lose winnable races in 2020.
Opinion
Cooper still bets on Obamacare
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?
Opinion
Public option making a comeback
The president's latest proposal is full of flaws.
Opinion
Obamacare’s Latest Victims
Roughly half of the co-ops tied to the Affordable Care Act have fallen by the wayside.
Opinion
We’re Not Buying The Lemon
N.C. leaders said no to Medicaid expansion. That’s because they can see beyond the ends of their noses — and beyond the flimsy promises of the used-car salesmen in Washington.
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More on Medicaid Crowd-Out
Some people who ought to know better claim that virtually no low-income households have private health insurance. So they deny the risk of crowd-out from Medicaid expansion.
Opinion
Overstating Health Care Gaps
When the legislative monstrosity of Obamacare is repealed – yes, I know I said “when” – lawmakers will have another chance to get reform right.
