Teacher pay is always a lively topic in North Carolina. The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction recently reported that the estimated average teacher salary in North ... Keep Reading
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Budget proposals add to cost of teacher benefits
House and Senate budget proposals stoke the endless debate over teacher pay Current discussion over teacher pay continues to focus on salary and largely ignore benefits. The ... Keep Reading
How to close the health insurance coverage gap
Uninsured individuals fall in the health insurance coverage gap if their income is too low to qualify for a subsidy on the federal exchange. Medicaid expansion proponents want ... Keep Reading
New Bill Could Provide Significant Insurance Premium Savings for Farmers, Small Business Employees
Senate Republicans yesterday introduced a bill that could offer affordable health insurance options for more than 100,000 small business employees and self-employed ... Keep Reading
Dems File Medicaid Expansion Bill
Today, House and Senate Democrats filed a bill to expand Medicaid in North Carolina as provided for in Obamacare. Gov. Cooper, and many legislative Democrats have made this a top ... Keep Reading
About That “Koch-Backed” Study Showing Medicare for All Would “Save Trillions”
Many in the left-wing media are abuzz over a Mercatus Center at George Mason University study that purportedly shows that Bernie Sanders' "Medicare for All" legislation would ... Keep Reading
Some Context for that Stokes County Teacher
The N&O yesterday included an article about a Stokes County teacher who took to Facebook to post his paycheck, with the goal to "show how little educators in his state are ... Keep Reading
Medicaid Expansion: Cruel, Not Compassionate; Part 2
Expansion Would Cost Tens of Thousands of Jobs, Drive Up Healthcare Costs and Trap More in Poverty In Part 1 of this article, we explored several of the negative consequences ... Keep Reading
Heritage Analyst: Why Vote to Kill Obamacare Mandate Was a “Wise Call”
Heritage Foundation senior fellow Robert Moffit writes about why the recent Senate vote to eliminate the Obamacare mandate requiring people to have health insurance or face a ... Keep Reading
Teacher Pay: What’s often missing from the discussion
Discussions over teacher pay often overlook an important factor Rising benefit costs have been crowding out funds for salary increases Total compensation has been rising ... Keep Reading
