NC Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin on Health Marketplace/Exchanges
NC Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin spoke to the House Health Committee on March 8, 2011 in the NC General Assembly about setting up a NC Health Marketplace/Exchange under the new federal health...
View ArticleRep. Verla Insko: Why favor health insurers on exchange?
NC’s health exchange is supposedly an "independent" marketplace where people can choose a good value health plan. However, legislators in NC want to stack the board with insurance companies. Rep....
View ArticleNC Health Exchange – Public v. Special Interest Welcome Mat
People from all over the state have been calling GOP Rep. Jerry Dockham’s office for a chance to speak on the industry-backed bill (H115) he’s sponsoring that sets up a industry-friendly health...
View ArticleSmall Businessman Lou Meyers: Why I oppose H115, NC’s Industry-backed Health...
Durham, NC small businessman Lou Meyers left his small business today (April 19, 2011) to come down and give the NC General Assembly a piece of his mind. His concern is with the health insurance...
View ArticleThe Forgetful Chairman
H115, the Blue Cross-backed bill setting up an industry-friendly health marketplace with new taxes for individuals and small businesses, easily passed the NC House Appropriations Committee today, less...
View ArticleRep. Verla Insko Announces Filing of Amicus Brief on Affordable Care Act
NC State Representative Verla Insko announced today that 31 NC legislators are joining state legislators from across the nation in signing on to an amicus brief with the US Supreme Court supporting...
View ArticleNC Campaign for Better Care: Goldsboro Meeting Highlights
The NC Campaign for Better Care went to Goldsboro to hear from seniors about health care issues and provide information. Anton Gunn, Southern Regional Director for the US Department of Health and...
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Monday numbers
8,019,763—number of people in the United States who signed up for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act in this year’s enrollment period (“Health Insurance Marketplace: Summary Enrollment...
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North Carolina Secretary of Health and Human Services Mandy Cohen
Secretary of Health and Human Services Mandy Cohen discusses Hurricane Florence recovery, Medicaid reform and expansion, the state’s opioid crisis and the best way to avoid the flu this winter. The...
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Thom Tillis: Doing the bidding of insurance companies while pretending otherwise
You must admit: Sen. Thom Tillis is in a tough spot. After saying time after time that the Affordable Care Act is the root of virtually all that is wrong in the world, and voting repeatedly to repeal...
View ArticleNC bill to undermine Affordable Care Act should be rejected
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Monday numbers
8,019,763—number of people in the United States who signed up for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act in this year’s enrollment period (“Health Insurance Marketplace: Summary Enrollment...
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North Carolina Secretary of Health and Human Services Mandy Cohen
Secretary of Health and Human Services Mandy Cohen discusses Hurricane Florence recovery, Medicaid reform and expansion, the state’s opioid crisis and the best way to avoid the flu this winter. The...
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Thom Tillis: Doing the bidding of insurance companies while pretending otherwise
You must admit: Sen. Thom Tillis is in a tough spot. After saying time after time that the Affordable Care Act is the root of virtually all that is wrong in the world, and voting repeatedly to repeal...
View ArticleNC bill to undermine Affordable Care Act should be rejected
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Legal Aid of North Carolina executive director George Hausen
For over four decades now, advocates at Legal Aid have provided free legal help to low-income North Carolinians in civil cases involving basic human needs like safety, shelter, income and many other...
View ArticleNational experts assail Trump’s latest healthcare treachery
In case you missed it, the Trump administration has launched yet another outrageous attack on the Affordable Care Act today. Under the new proposed rule, the ACA ban on junk/sham health insurance...
View ArticleRecord ACA profits for Blue Cross NC in 2017, but uncertainty remains due to...
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina announced today that it turned an unexpectedly high profit in 2017, earning $734 million in net income, largely in part due to a profitable line of business in...
View ArticleMark your calendar for four important resistance movement events
Four items for your resistance movement calendar at the start of spring, 2018: #1 – Celebrate the anniversary of the ACA. Despite endless attacks and efforts to undermine it, tomorrow, March 23 is the...
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Comments due Monday on Trump’s scheme to bring back health plan bars to...
While last year’s legislative repeal-and-replace proposals were rejected resoundingly by the American public and by a slim majority in the Senate, the Trump administration has been moving on its own to...
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