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CNN faced backlash this week after it published an article that sought to cast doubt on footage the the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) released of weapons that it found inside Al-Shifa hospital after special forces commandos raided the Hamas-controlled hospital.
Published: Sunday, December 3rd, 2023 @ 8:37 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Medicaid expansion is likely to increase the cost of healthcare for all North Carolinians, including those on the State Health Plan (SHP), according to state Treasurer Dale Folwell.
Published: Wednesday, November 1st, 2023 @ 7:08 am
By: Carolina Journal
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On Monday, North Carolina Senate leaders unveiled their proposed state budget. Governor Cooper will be under pressure to sign the final version because Medicaid expansion, a bill he signed earlier this year, is tied to passing a budget.
Published: Wednesday, June 14th, 2023 @ 2:43 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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"Today is a loss for conservatism," said Donald Bryson, president of the John Locke Foundation.
Published: Sunday, April 16th, 2023 @ 6:24 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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On Thursday, the North Carolina House gave final passage to H.B. 76, a bill to expand Medicaid, by a vote of 87-24. On Wednesday, the day prior, the vote was 95-21.
Published: Thursday, April 13th, 2023 @ 1:48 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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On Wednesday, the North Carolina House voted to approve concurrence of H.B. 76, a bill to expand Medicaid, by a vote of 94-22.
Published: Wednesday, April 12th, 2023 @ 11:57 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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On Tuesday, the Senate passed House Bill 76 (H.B. 76), legislation that will expand Medicaid by a vote of 43-2. The bill will be voted on one more time before heading to the state House for concurrence.
Published: Monday, April 3rd, 2023 @ 11:51 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Fayetteville’s Dr. Dickson Schaefer is working as hard as he can, but his Cumberland County waiting room keeps filling back up.
Published: Sunday, March 12th, 2023 @ 9:12 am
By: Carolina Journal
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‘Slave Auction’: NFL VP Of Football Operations Reportedly Ripped Scouting Combine At League MeetingsThe NFL’s executive vice president of football operations precipitated anger at league meetings this week by allegedly likening the NFL scouting combine, where college players perform so teams can judge whether they fit their needs, to a “slave auction.”
Published: Sunday, December 25th, 2022 @ 3:52 pm
By: Daily Wire
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The N.C. Court of Appeals has rejected an attempt to overturn a certificate-of-need decision in Wake County. Appellate judges declined to overstep their authority to try to close a CON “loophole.”
Published: Monday, November 8th, 2021 @ 11:49 am
By: Carolina Journal
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At least one judge considering the latest certificate-of-need case at the N.C. Court of Appeals sees a key problem with the state’s CON law.
Published: Wednesday, August 18th, 2021 @ 10:58 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Cases involving a high-profile political activist and a controversial state medical regulation await the N.C. Court of Appeals as it returns to regular in-person hearings this week.
Published: Monday, August 16th, 2021 @ 1:52 am
By: Carolina Journal
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State treasurer says charges to state employees health insurance should be transparent.
Published: Saturday, April 17th, 2021 @ 7:27 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Certificate of Need laws have ruined governors and exiled the wealthy and the powerful to federal prison.
Published: Wednesday, March 10th, 2021 @ 8:55 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Along with the rest of the nation, North Carolina is facing an unprecedented health challenge with the COVID-19 virus.
Published: Wednesday, April 1st, 2020 @ 12:24 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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A Winston-Salem surgeon thought he had a good legal case against North Carolina’s certificate-of-need law back in July 2018. More than 18 months later, he still thinks so.
Published: Thursday, February 20th, 2020 @ 8:32 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A surgeon fighting state restrictions on medical equipment lost a court battle Friday, Jan. 9, when Superior Court Judge Gregory McGuire dismissed his specific complaints and sent his broader constitutional challenge before a three-judge panel.
Published: Thursday, January 16th, 2020 @ 3:51 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A doctor suing to overturn restrictions on patient care just won his first victory.
Published: Tuesday, November 26th, 2019 @ 6:02 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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It’s illegal for him to treat his patients. By law, he can’t get an MRI machine because the hospital down the street already has one.
Published: Wednesday, October 9th, 2019 @ 10:55 am
By: Carolina Journal
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No one had access to an MRI machine in 1603. But a legal principle dating back at least that far could help some N.C. patients get easier, less expensive access today to this vital modern-day medical device.
Published: Thursday, September 19th, 2019 @ 7:35 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Certificate of need reform was one of the bills sacrificed as scrap material for the piecemeal budget.
Published: Wednesday, September 4th, 2019 @ 7:06 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A state law that’s supposed to promote N.C. health care could block Wake County residents from accessing superior medical technology.
Published: Thursday, August 15th, 2019 @ 4:50 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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I am eager to work with you on legislation to deliver new and important infrastructure investment, including investments in the cutting edge industries of the future.
Published: Tuesday, February 12th, 2019 @ 10:52 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Nothing in the U.S. Constitution implies a hierarchy among rights. Nevertheless, the federal courts have insisted on relegating economic rights to second-class status
Published: Wednesday, December 19th, 2018 @ 5:50 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A North Carolina doctor filed a lawsuit Monday in North Carolina Superior Court to overturn the state's Certificate of Need (CON) laws
Published: Sunday, September 9th, 2018 @ 4:14 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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We will offer this allotment of three with more to come; some old, most new, but all quite informative, and, moreover, necessary to understanding that in North Carolina, there is a wiser path to govern ourselves and our People.
Published: Tuesday, August 14th, 2018 @ 5:56 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Patients deserve better access to both life-saving and life-preserving health-care treatments
Published: Saturday, June 17th, 2017 @ 5:53 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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It's pretty messed up what North Carolina hospitals have to go through just to be able to own an MRI machine
Published: Sunday, April 10th, 2016 @ 1:29 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A petition to ease restrictions on MRI machine ownership for community hospitals was struck down Wednesday by the State Health Coordinating Council's Technology and Equipment Committee, a division of the the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services
Published: Saturday, April 2nd, 2016 @ 6:09 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Health care policy decisions usually come as federal dictates, so it's a rare opportunity when state legislators have full authority to grant North Carolinians more freedom over their health care options.
Published: Monday, September 7th, 2015 @ 6:00 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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