This morning the NC Joint Legislative Healthcare Oversight Committee met to discuss the progress of health care initiatives in the state as well as future funding for new and existing programs. Another topic briefly discussed was the projected effect of national healthcare reform on North Carolina. Dr. William Roper, the Dean of the UNC School [...]
- Jan08
We don’t live in Nebraska, so what’s in it for us?
Why has the U.S. government agreed to cover the entire cost of Medicaid expansion in Nebraska, while the rest of the country receives assistance for a mere 3 years? That is the question plaguing many, including a growing number of governors both Republican and Democrat. Gov. Schwarzenegger (CA) and Gov. Bredesen (TN) are among those [...]