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June 20, 2025

healthcare

Opinion

HOLTSCLAW: Congress should keep premium tax credits for individual health insurance

June 19, 2025 Keith Holtsclaw

After two decades leading the Blue Ridge Regional Hospital system and now serving on boards focused on economic development locally and across North Carolina, I see health care as critical for our communities for two […]

Article

As AI nurses reshape hospital care, human nurses push back

March 22, 2025 Matthew Perrone

The next time you’re due for a medical exam, you may get a call from someone like Ana: a friendly voice that can help you prepare for your appointment and answer any pressing questions. With […]

Article

Report: NC State Health Plan shortfall drops $7 Billion

September 15, 2022 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — The shortfall in the state’s health plan related to paying for retiree benefits has dropped by over $7 billion, according to a report by The Segal Group, a human resources and benefits consulting […]

State Treasurer Dale Folwell
Article

NC Treasurer submits brief in Certificate of Need lawsuit

August 25, 2022 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — North Carolina State Treasurer Dale Folwell has submitted an amicus curiae brief in the current lawsuit involving Certificate of Need (CON) laws in the state.  “As ‘keeper of the public purse’ and having […]

Article

Rulings direct alteration of birth certificates and health plan to pay for transition surgeries

July 21, 2022 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — A pair of consent rulings issued by an Obama-appointed federal judge direct the state’s Vital Statistics Program to alter birth certificates to match what sex a transgender person identifies as and another orders […]

Article

Nursing home deaths point to wider medical staff shortages

January 26, 2022 North State Journal Staff

RALEIGH — Over a snowy weekend in Thomasville, a town in the Piedmont Triad, 98 residents at the Pine Ridge Health and Rehabilitation nursing facility were cared for by only three staff. Two of the […]

Article

‘Health Equity’ top priority in NCDHHS annual report

December 1, 2021 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — In late October, the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) rolled out its Annual Report to the North Carolina Medical Society and Commission for Public Health. The report’s top priority is […]

Article

Recent ruling bolsters NC State Treasurer’s Clear Pricing Project

January 14, 2021 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — A court ruling upholding a Trump administration executive order for increased transparency in healthcare pricing may further bolster State Treasurer Dale Folwell’s pricing transparency program, known as the Clear Pricing Project. The court […]

Article

CAPRETTA: Fixing job-based health insurance

December 29, 2020 James C. Capretta

This is the second and final installment of James Capretta’s article to reform employer-based health care insurance first published in North State Journal 12/23/20. Defined contributions and standardized coverage Under this proposed reform, workers would […]

Article

President Trump to visit Charlotte on Thursday

September 21, 2020 North State Journal Staff

CHARLOTTE – President Donald Trump will visit Charlotte on Thursday to discuss his healthcare policies, according to a White House official. President Trump is expected to discuss his administration’s action and vision in delivering quality […]

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