We hear a lot about how Medicaid is free -- but it may not be as free as you think. And Obamacare seems set to leave more grieving survivors with a nasty surprise. The Seattle ... Keep Reading
Medicaid
Civitas Review Fall 2013
The Fall 2013 Civitas Review examines the landmark legislation of 2013 and it means for North Carolina. ... Keep Reading
Two Obamacare Time Bombs
The bungled Obamacare (Affordable Care Act, or ACA) rollout keeps setting out time bombs, the media report. A study by Duke University faculty and CFO magazine predicts that ... Keep Reading
White House Urges NC to Increase Gov’t Dependency
The Obama administration yesterday urged North Carolina legislative leaders to reconsider expanding Medicaid, as reported by WRAL.com. "This is actually a net budgetary benefit ... Keep Reading
Feds to NC: If You Like Your Medicaid Program, You Can Keep Your Medicaid Program. Period.
Shouldn't someone holding a major statewide office, and running for higher office, understand the basics of finance and politics? From the N&O: State Attorney General Roy ... Keep Reading
NC Medicaid Enrollee: My Experience with the ‘Dep’t of Hell and Inhuman Services’
A handful of left-wing advocates held a press conference earlier this week demanding that Gov. McCrory hold a special legislative session to re-consider North Carolina's decision ... Keep Reading
Avoiding the Obamacare/Medicaid Disaster
Even as the Obamacare rollout grows more muddled, some issues are becoming clearer -- including why NC should be glad it isn't more entangled in this mess. First, defenders of ... Keep Reading
Gov. McCrory: NC May be Forced to Expand Medicaid
Gov. McCrory yesterday gave a talk hosted by the Heritage Foundation, and among the topics he addressed was Medicaid expansion. As most of you will recall, North Carolina refused ... Keep Reading
NC Medicaid “Enormously Successful”?
One of Gov. McCrory's major initiatives from this past session centered around reforming North Carolina's Medicaid program. Dubbed the "Partnership for a Healthy North Carolina", ... Keep Reading
Reality Intrudes on Bureaucracy
Sometimes in a news story the subtle assumptions are as important as the headlines. In many recent stories, the unspoken media message is that North Carolina Republicans are trying ... Keep Reading