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Gov. Perdue’s 2010-11 Budget Recommendations: Health and Human Services
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Patient, Doctor, and Government – Who Decides?
Patient, Doctor, and Government – Who Decides? How will the newly enacted health care legislation’s emphasis on comparative effectiveness research (CER) affect ... Keep Reading
20 Changes For 2010: Protecting Private Property
Articles in This Series: The next two recommendations in the Civitas Institute 2010 Agenda: “20 Changes for 2010: A Primer for State Reform” focus on reforming ... Keep Reading
20 Changes For 2010: Health Care
Articles in This Series: Recommendations 3 and 4 from the Civitas Institute Agenda “20 Changes for 2010: A Primer for State Reform,” focus on how North Carolina can ... Keep Reading
Unemployment Continues to Increase, Government Agenda Unaffected
The economy, and jobs, was the centerpiece of President Obama’s State of the Union address last week, unfortunately not in the way many would have hoped. A near unanimous ... Keep Reading
25 States Standing up to Obamacare – Why not North Carolina?
Popular sentiment is that final passage of the Obamacare Frankenstein is inevitable. Reform in its near final form is far from that which was promised by the Obama ... Keep Reading
Federal Health Care “Reform” Proposal Would Add $600 Million to N.C.’s Already Strained Budget
North Carolina’s state budget is already at the breaking point. In order to “balance” the current year’s spending plan, lawmakers grasped at a patchwork ... Keep Reading
Market, Uninsured Affected by Government-Imposed Mandates
One major factor clearly contributing to higher health care costs is state-level mandates. These mandates, a requirement by the government, as well as laws and regulations ... Keep Reading
The Arbitrary Nature of Government Health Care Reform
Last week, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a nearly 2,000 page health reform bill. Looking past the clear party line divide, the bill passed by a two member margin ... Keep Reading