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The truth about the Affordable Care Act’s bumpy start
Over the past few weeks, the implementation of a federal health marketplace in accordance with the Affordable Care Act has run into some significant start-up problems. The marketplace, of course, is a...
View ArticleCitizens of Rockingham County to North Carolina politicians: Expand Medicaid!
At a December 18, 2013 NC Justice Center event on Medicaid expansion and the Affordable Care Act, these Rockingham County citizens had a clear message - NC should expand Medicaid. [Continue Reading...]
View ArticleChris Conover –"Abominable Care Act"
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View ArticleNC mom Kimberly Tonyan: Got health coverage under the Affordable Care Act
This week Charlotte mom Kimberly Tonyan came to the NC General Assembly to tell her success story of getting affordable health coverage for herself and her two daughters. Using the Affordable Care...
View ArticleRetta Riordan – ACA Success
NC Small business owner Retta Riordan – Affordable Care Act success
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Growing momentum of Affordable Care Act shines spotlight on NC’s failure to...
With the Affordable Care Act’s enrollment deadline now upon us; there are two overarching conclusions to be drawn about the health care reform law and its impact here in North Carolina. Conclusion...
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More benefits of the Affordable Care Act that you probably didn’t know about
Last week’s news that seven million Americans had signed up for health insurance through the Affordable Care Act health exchanges was an important boost to (and validation of ) the health law. Now, on...
View ArticleSenator Burr should understand NC Medicaid before he criticizes it
North Carolina’s Senator Richard Burr likes to criticize NC’s Medicaid program now that expansion is a part of the Affordable Care Act. However, this health care "guru" gets wrong (willfully?) a very,...
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Medicaid expansion nears the tipping point
Why holdout governors are finally warming up to a central component of Obamacare [Editor’s note: over this past weekend, North Carolina DHHS Secretary Aldona Wos told the Winston-Salem Journal that...
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How conservative states are expanding Medicaid
Since January 1, 2014 North Carolina has declined to accept the “use it or lose it” funding available for Medicaid expansion from the federal government under the Affordable Care Act. In contrast, 28...
View ArticleNC Gov Pat McCrory signs bill in private ceremony blocking fed $ for health care
Late Wednesday afternoon in a private ceremony closed to the press and the public NC Governor Pat McCrory signed the bill that blocks NC from accepting billions of federal dollars to provide health...
View ArticleNC Gov McCrory contradicted by own Medicaid director
Administrative costs to administer Medicaid programs between states are hard to compare because states have so many different ways of paying for care to be delivered to Medicaid patients. This hasn’t...
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Gov. McCrory’s explanations for privatizing Medicaid simply don’t wash
In announcing his plan to privatize North Carolina’s award-winning Medicaid program, Community Care of NC, Governor Pat McCrory lists five reasons that, in his view, make privatization necessary. The...
View ArticleNavigator video by NAIC consumer representatives
There has been a great deal of discussion about the role of navigators in helping consumers better understand their insurance options. Consumer representatives to the National Association of Insurance...
View ArticleNC’s decision to reject fed $ for Medicaid hurts NC business in a big way
When Governor McCrory and the NC General Assembly rejected accepting federal money to expand Medicaid health coverage to families of four making under $29,000 a year, many people thought this decision...
View Article"Medicaid is broken": Favorite GOP Governor Talking Point
NC GOP Governor Pat McCrory says "Medicaid is broken" to justify his decision not to expand Medicaid and to start his plan to turn our Medicaid program over to private health insurance companies....
View ArticleGov. Pat McCrory: NC tax reform must be "revenue neutral"
From his inaugural state of the state speech to just a few weeks ago, NC Governor Pat McCrory repeatedly proclaimed the vital importance of any tax reform in North Carolina being "revenue neutral."...
View ArticleGov. Pat McCrory: What abortion restrictions would you sign into law? "None"
Last year during his campaign for Governor, Pat McCrory was asked what restrictions on abortion he would agree to sign into law. His answer was clear: "None." The post Gov. Pat McCrory: What abortion...
View ArticleNC Gov. McCrory Breaks "No More Restrictions on Abortion" Pledge
During last year’s campaign for Governor, NC’s Pat McCrory was emphatic when asked what further restrictions on abortion he would sign into law: "None." Today, as Governor, he says he isn’t breaking...
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