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Archives for 2011
Civitas Speaker in Shelby Star
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Certifiable Improvement
North Carolina’s healthcare system could be considerably more effective at controlling costs, increasing rural access and delivering quality services. That much Republicans and ... Keep Reading
State Worker Benefits and the Budget Crisis: What Do the Voters Say?
The political battles carried out between government workers and budget hawks in state capitols across the country have made national headlines for months. From the massive public ... Keep Reading
Statewide Poll Shows N.C. Voters Want State Employees to Contribute More to Benefits
Raleigh, N.C. - Three years into a state fiscal crisis, polling data reveals that North Carolina registered voters support a policy of asking state government employees to ... Keep Reading
Certificate of Need: Access Denied
One intended purpose of Certificate of Need (CON) laws is to increase medical care accessibility to people by encouraging the expansion of medical facilities into rural areas and ... Keep Reading
What You Don’t Hear in the Discussion About Teacher Layoffs
Remember this figure: 18,000 plus. That figure, according to Democratic Gov. Bev Perdue and House minority leader Joe Hackney ( D-Orange ), – is the number of public school jobs ... Keep Reading
Civitas Capitol Update 9-15
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Certificate of Need: The Cost of the Process
A hospital applying for authorization to use their own funds for hospital projects will, on average, pay a minimum of $32,000 per Certificate of Need (CON) application. The CON ... Keep Reading
Civitas Poll: Unaffiliated Voters Support Death Penalty by More Than 2 to 1
Raleigh, N.C. – North Carolina’s unaffiliated voters continue to support the death penalty for First-degree murder. Sixty-two percent of unaffiliated voters support the death ... Keep Reading
