From the Triangle Business Journal: Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina requested a 25.7 percent increase to premium rates it charges customers who buy Affordable Care ... Keep Reading
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One More Time: Medicaid Coverage Does Not Equal Access to Care
The Asheville Citizen-Times reports on a study from the RAND Corporation showing that emergency room visits are on the rise: Visits to hospital emergency rooms are on the rise in ... Keep Reading
New Research: Medicaid Expansion Would Cost NC Nearly 94,000 Jobs
One of the reasons used by advocates of Medicaid expansion in NC is that expansion will be an economic boost, creating tens of thousands of jobs. That claim, however, was based on ... Keep Reading
McCrory Still Considering Medicaid Expansion
Gov. McCrory remains open to NC expanding Medicaid, and continues to explore options for how to get it done, in spite of continued opposition from the legislature, and resounding ... Keep Reading
NC Blue Cross Price Transparency: Disrupting Healthcare?
Forbes takes a look at the new pricing tool provided by Blue Cross Blue Shield North Carolina. So what and where is this pricing tool? It was unveiled with relatively little ... Keep Reading
Medicaid Coverage Does Not Equal Access to Care
Last week I posted an article discussing the shortage of doctors treating Medicaid patients in NC and how that would undermine claims that expanding Medicaid would create ... Keep Reading
Medicaid Expansion: “Coverage Does Not Equal Access”
This WRAL article discusses how people newly acquiring health insurance are having trouble finding a doctor. The reason is that there is already a shortage of primary care ... Keep Reading
Disgraced Obamacare Architect Was Hired to Consult on NC Medicaid Reform
From WRAL: State Auditor Beth Wood has terminated a contract with MIT economics professor Jonathan Gruber after the health care policy expert came under fire for controversial ... Keep Reading
Medicaid Expansion in NC Unlikely in 2015
Medicaid expansion is likely off the table for 2015, in spite of Gov. McCrory's statements expressing his interest in expanding the program, due to heavy opposition in the state ... Keep Reading
Big Surprise: Crony Obamacare Pads Profits of Insurance Companies
In the wake of the Jonathan Gruber videos that showed the MIT economist and major architect of Obamacare admitting that supporters deceived the public (and insulted voters as ... Keep Reading
