• John Locke Update

    Hatching a new plan for Medicaid

    posted May 15, 2011 by Nicole Fisher
    It’s not new information that Medicaid costs and requirements are crippling state and federal budgets. What is new is that federal action…
  • John Locke Update

    State Employee Health Benefits

    posted April 24, 2011 by Nicole Fisher
    As the legislature continues debate on who should pay $11 in monthly health insurance premiums, it is worth putting North Carolina’s health plan for state employees into a…
  • Research Report

    Repair and Reform Medicaid: Even more essential under ObamaCare

    posted March 22, 2011 by Nicole Fisher, Joseph Coletti
    North Carolina has one of the most expensive Medicaid programs in the Southeast, and Obamacare will expand enrollment from 1.3 million people to potentially over 2 million people in 2014. Without Medicaid reform or tighter eligibility, North Carolina will need to cut some services and payments to doctors. Both options will mean worse care for every person on Medicaid. Gov. Bev Perdue and the General Assembly need to push Washington for exemptions from Medicaid restrictions and greater ability to innovate with premium support and encourage patient control of their own care.