Displaying items by tag: health care
State Supreme Court rules government retirees had contractual health care right
RALEIGH — The N.C. Supreme Court has ruled, 4-2, that 220,000 state government retirees had a contractual right to premium-free health care benefits that had been promised to them. Now a trial court will have to determine whether state changes to those benefits a decade ago violated the contract.
OPINION: CON blocks health care consumers from reaping benefits of competition
UNC Health wants to build a new hospital in Research Triangle Park. So does Duke University Health System.
If we substituted the names Saks and Nordstrom, Fresh Market and Whole Foods, or any other top-notch business competitors, potential customers would have reason to celebrate.
OPINION: COVID crisis hastened health-care reforms
For all the suffering and damage caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, there’s at least one silver lining: the experience may alter our health care system for the better.
Legislation would ease health care red tape, boost access to care
RALEIGH — Legislation introduced in this session of the General Assembly seeks to reduce restrictions created by certificate of need laws, which critics say reduce access to health care and increase costs.
OPINION: Reduce health cost, not just price
Too many North Carolinians lack access to the medical services they need. One possible response, as we have heard incessantly for more than a decade, would be to expand Medicaid under the terms of the Affordable Health Act, with most of the expense to be borne by the (already heavily indebted) federal government.
Health care costs at center of debate in race for state treasurer
RALEIGH — Taxes and employee benefits are at the center of the race for N.C. treasurer.
UNCP research team to study new training curriculum for community health workers
PEMBROKE — The College of Health Sciences at UNC Pembroke will serve a key role in the new state standardized core competency curriculum for community health workers.
COLUMN: Executive orders and free-market health care
On July 24, U.S. president Donald Trump signed four executive orders with an eye toward altering the way prescription drugs are priced and purchased in the United States.
COLUMN: A health care price transparency win for the Trump administration
America’s convoluted, public-private health care system is filled with bad policies and inefficiencies. Government intrusion into the market has rendered it unusable and impenetrable for many. A lack of price transparency is one of the most glaring issues in America’s health care system.
Cooper signs Medicaid transformation bill, ending years of wrangling with legislature
RALEIGH — Gov. Roy Cooper on Thursday signed a Medicaid transformation bill that ends years of wrangling with legislators over the issue.
