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Regulating Pharmacy Benefits Is a Prescription for Higher Health …

WebNorth Carolinians pay some of the highest health insurance premiums in the country, and they’re worried about prescription drug costs, too. Costs are likely to …

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Big Money: Ballooning Health Costs in NC

WebIn 2000, state health care expenditures totaled $32 billion; by 2020, spending had ballooned to $95 billion. Health care expenditures per capita in North Carolina …

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How Bad is NC’s Health Cost Crisis

WebBetween 2015 and 2022, the cost to a North Carolina worker for an employer-sponsored family health insurance plan rose by 70%, the second-highest increase in the nation and …

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Why Prior Authorization Mandates Increase Health Care Costs

WebThis session, yet another bill looms that would swell North Carolina’s already stratospheric health costs. HB 649, which House lawmakers passed unanimously last …

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Health Costs Crushing Small Businesses — Carolina Partnership for …

WebSome of the most punishing impacts of the health care cost crisis are borne by North Carolina’s nearly one million small business owners, dubbed the “backbone” of …

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Money, Not Need, Really Drives ‘Certificate of Need’ Requirements

WebCON laws increase health costs and diminish choice. Lawmakers should repeal them. As the 2024 legislative session begins, we’re continuing to focus on policy …

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How Protectionism in Doctor Licensing Hinders Health Care

WebNorth Carolina’s system of health care is a behemoth of byzantine regulations, often elevating special interests over consumer needs. Licensing for …

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New Polling: The Medicaid Deal and Certificate of Need

WebMar 8. Republicans in the State House and State Senate reached a deal to expand Medicaid in North Carolina and make modest reforms to the state’s Certificate of Need (CON) …

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The UNC School of Medicine is Undergoing a Rapid Social Justice

Web“A curriculum embedded in social justice is essential to patient care…and, most importantly , social change.” “Policies, systems, and practices that influence health …

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Hospital Lobby Under Fire from Both Berger AND Cooper

WebRare political feat comes from hospital lobby’s decision to block Medicaid expansion, refuse to negotiate on reforms It’s not often that Senate Leader Phil Berger …

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This One Issue Threatens North Carolina's Long-Term Success

WebNorth Carolina ranks among the worst states in the nation for health care costs “North Carolina tops the list of worst states for health care costs." So reported …

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Western Carolina Univ. Study: School Choice Improves Mental Health

Web“The congruence of results strongly supports a causal link between school choice programs and improved mental health” Both the Senate and House have …

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Blog — Carolina Partnership for Reform

WebBlog — Carolina Partnership for Reform. 5/21/24. 5/8/24. 5/2/24. 5/1/24. 4/17/24. 4/1/24. 3/26/24. 3/14/24.

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North Carolina is Winning. It’s Not an Accident.

WebApple: $1 billion. Toyota: $1.29 billion. Boom Supersonic: $500 million. Eli Lilly: $1 billion. Thermo Fisher Scientific: $500 million. Pratt and Whitney: $650 million. …

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CPR’s Poll Presentation and Crosstabs

WebEarlier this week, Carolina Partnership for Reform pollster Rob Autry, from Meeting Street Insights, presented the full findings of CPR’s recent poll. The poll …

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What Our Polling Says on Abortion

WebUnsurprisingly, 69% of “pro-choice” voters believe abortion should be legal either up to 20 weeks of pregnancy or at any point in a pregnancy. And 75% of “pro-life” …

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DEI Falls In Florida — Carolina Partnership for Reform

WebAbout this time last spring, Carolina Partnership for Reform was honored to have former U.S. Senator and current University of Florida President Ben Sasse in …

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Events — Carolina Partnership for Reform

WebBenjamin Eric Sasse is an American academic administrator and former politician who is the president of the University of Florida.He served as a United States senator from …

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Poll Results: Key Statewide Races — Carolina Partnership for Reform

WebThere’s a steady drip of North Carolina polling data on the presidential and gubernatorial races. We were in the field at the end of April, and we’ll share the results of …

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Maybe We Should Abandon “Whole Child Education”

WebApproach “shifts away from simply targeting academic achievements and instead promotes the overall well-being of a child” But academic achievement is falling …

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Poll: Democrats Continue Losing Ground on Education

WebA recently-released poll sponsored by Democrats for Education Reform confirmed (again) a trend other polling, including our own, picked up over the past two …

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Signatory to UNC’s “Racial Equity Roadmap” Questions Details of …

Web“DEI” initiatives are irrational and lack any moral foundation. It’s time to end them. On Oct. 7, Hamas terrorists killed more than 1,200 civilians and videotaped many …

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