5+ hour, 41+ min ago Former Director of Government Affairs, John Locke Foundation There are many opportunities for North Carolina lawmakers to help lower the cost of health insurance. One way is to re-examine the 57 health benefit mandates that state officials have passed into law…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago James Capretta writes in The Dispatch about problems linked to federal health care subsidies. Providing more generous support for insurance enrollment is a politically convenient way to avoid the core problem, which is that health insurance is too expensive for…...

3+ mon, 5+ day ago Fiscal Policy Analyst, John Locke Foundation Medicaid Asset Protection Trusts (MAPTs) are increasingly being used by affluent families to shield wealth and shift the cost of long-term care onto taxpayers. Instead of drawing down their resources, households with substantial assets…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago Medicaid expansion gives asset-rich individuals free health care on your dime Fiscal Policy Analyst, John Locke Foundation When Medicaid was established in 1965, it was designed to pay for health care for society's most vulnerable members under strict eligibility requirements. Over…...

5+ mon, 4+ day ago Christopher Jacobs writes for the Federalist about a new warning involving the federal government's debt. The budget reconciliation measure Congress recently passed includes some important reforms designed to help reduce entitlement spending. But any realistic assessment of the nation's fiscal…...

5+ mon, 3+ week ago New audit confirms that health plan for state employees and retirees is bleeding money Senior Vice President of Research, John Locke Foundation A new audit confirms the recent warnings made by state Treasurer Brad Briner that North Carolina's State Health…...