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    A conflict of visions

    posted May 1, 2011 by Joseph Coletti
    The King’s Speech Somehow I missed the policy implications in The King’s Speech until seeing the movie this past weekend. A newspaper of the time called Lionel…
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    It’s not about money, it’s about money

    posted April 24, 2011 by Joseph Coletti
    If you want to understand what is wrong with health care policy among Progressives, Liberals, and the rest of the Left, you need go no further than…
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    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…
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    Why doesn’t Gov Perdue like her own budget?

    posted April 17, 2011 by Joseph Coletti
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    Budget-destroying health policies

    posted April 10, 2011 by Joseph Coletti
    House Republicans are set to unveil their budget proposal tomorrow. Check the LockerRoom for early reactions. We’ll also have more in next week’s Update. @font-face {…
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    ObamaCare hurts teachers and state employees

    posted April 3, 2011 by Joseph Coletti
    State employees and teachers have ObamaCare to thank for new health care cost sharing in a bill moving through the General Assembly. Senate Bill 265 enacts…
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    Rejecting Exchanges

    posted April 3, 2011 by Joseph Coletti
    A new actuarial report requested by the Department of Insurance shows an ObamaCare exchange could cost more than $22 million a year beginning in 2014 and could be…
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    Reforming Medicaid, weighing science

    posted March 27, 2011 by Joseph Coletti
    Medicaid is awful and the first anniversary of ObamaCare is a good time to talk about reforming the unaffordable entitlement. We offer our thoughts in…
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    One year of constitutional questions

    posted March 20, 2011 by Joseph Coletti
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    Freedom or Exchange

    posted March 13, 2011 by Joseph Coletti
    H2 veto override vote any day Democrats and Republicans unanimously agreed to a rule change last Thursday that would allow another vote at any time to override Gov.

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