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
Fiscal Policy
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
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
Certificate of Need: Does It Actually Control Healthcare Costs?
“The fundamental premise of the CON law is that increasing health care costs may be controlled by governmental restrictions on the unnecessary duplication of medical ... Keep Reading
Certificate of Need Protects Providers, not People
In these times, lawmakers are all about attracting business to the state and increasing the number of North Carolinians at work. Great pomp and circumstance is placed on a single ... Keep Reading
Certificate of Need Series
With lawmakers expected to begin reviewing North Carolina’s Certificate of Need (CON) program, Civitas will be releasing a five-part series of articles explaining the failure of ... Keep Reading
Does Obama Care? True Consequences of the “Affordable” Care Act
In mid-August, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit ruled on the Florida lawsuit challenging the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Obamacare or PPACA). The ... Keep Reading
Debt Downgrade – Is North Carolina Next?
The recent Standard & Poor’s downgrade of federal debt instruments sent waves of fear across indebted government agencies across the nation. Just days after the federal ... Keep Reading
Trucking the Policy Trend
Raleigh city officials are patiently considering revised regulations that would allow increased downtown access to food trucks, or freestanding mobile food vendors. City officials ... Keep Reading
Tort Reform Not Forgotten in Historic Legislative Session
The General Assembly worked tirelessly throughout the 2011 legislative session to push through hundreds of bills aimed at dismantling the old liberal guard. In the area of tort ... Keep Reading
