Legislators have set some laudable goals for reforming the state’s Medicaid system. Medicaid, as a reminder, is a health insurance program that primarily ...
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[Editor’s note: In the aftermath of yesterday’s momentous U.S. Supreme Court ruling in the case of King v. Burwell sustaining a key provision ...
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Comments Off on With Obamacare affirmed, it’s time for a plan to cover 500,000 North Carolinians
The world was supposed to end in 2012 according to various misinterpretations of Mayan culture. Then, when time kept ticking along into 2013 ...
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Comments Off on Obamacare doomed? Don’t bet on it
Despite early setbacks, millions of people have now enrolled in private insurance plans that meet new standards set by the Affordable Care Act. ...
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North Carolina legislative leaders announced last week that they will soon form a joint committee to bash the Affordable Care Act. Speaker Thom ...
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At Wednesday morning’s press conference Sen. Phil Berger said he did not see his chamber expanding Medicaid or supporting a health benefits exchange ...
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There is an impression that comprehensive health reform, known as the Affordable Care Act, was written for the uninsured. Indeed, the law will ...
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Comments Off on Obamacare: Protecting health coverage for those who already have it
Hospitals stand at the center of our state’s health care system. In many counties these institutions do great good. They are often the ...
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Prevention is as popular as puppies and rainbows. The idea of investing in health now to save money and lives later is mainstream ...
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The bill that attempts to exempt North Carolina from federal health reform is now on the governor’s desk. It recently received a brief ...
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