insurance

Nobody knows when a hurricane or a recession will hit North Carolina, but everybody knows they will. State legislators kept spending in check and built up a $2 billion Savings…

An angry teacher on Facebook wondered why those in charge of the State Health Plan “felt the need…to remind us that we are funded by taxpayers” on the new…

During the 2016 campaign cycle, many candidates, including Donald Trump, promised voters that they would work to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and replace it with a system that…

The current state of the individual markets The authority of the states to regulate their own insurance markets was severely curtailed by the Affordable Care Act (ACA). In the individual…

On March 3rd, 2010, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) aka Obamacare was signed into law with the promise of slowing the rising costs of health care. The law added to…

The United States health care system is a unique, complex web of consumers, providers, and payers. And it is expensive. Health care spending in the United States has increased…

Americans aren’t thrilled with the fact that health care costs continue to eat away at their overall take-home pay. For those who have insurance through their jobs, deductibles have…

In 2017, a majority of North Carolinians who purchase health insurance on their own will have no choice but to pay their premiums to either Blue Cross and Blue Shield,…

Click here to view and here to listen to Katherine Restrepo discussing this Spotlight report. RALEIGH — Flaws built into the Affordable Care Act are leading to an…

Click here to view and here to listen to Katherine Restrepo discussing this Spotlight report. RALEIGH — The federal health care law known as Obamacare creates more problems…