We advocate for policies that will make quality healthcare more affordable for individuals and businesses in North Carolina.
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.@mikefor35 is right: More competition will lower costs and improve quality.
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Spot on. More competition = lower prices, higher quality. #ncpol
Last month, I wrote about my plan to bring health care costs down: eliminate Certificate of Need (CON). It is the most basic axiom of economics that restricting supply increases prices. CON restricts supply and blocks competition.
"Certificate of Need is a one-way anti-competitive ratchet, and consolidation tightens it further. It creates near-monopoly conditions for existing providers and leaves growing communities without options. This is not a market. It is a regulatory structure that protects large hospitals at the expense of patients."
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"Employers cannot absorb unlimited increases, and workers cannot keep paying more. The solution to rising healthcare costs isn't simply finding new ways to shift the bill. It's making the bill smaller in the first place."
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A recent KFF Health News investigation highlights striking differences in hospital prices for routine care.
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The No Surprises Act didn't eliminate surprise bills—it shifted the costs into higher premiums. Consumers still pay. North Carolina needs its own solution: affordablecarenc.com/news/ne… #ncpol
No Surprises Act awards tripled in 2025, compared with the year earlier. wsj.com/health/healthcare/me…
“...there has been much less public outcry and little legislative action to address hospital prices. Hospital care accounts for 31% of all national health spending compared with 9% for retail prescription drugs (not including physician-administered medications). 40% of the increase in health spending from 2022 to 2024 was driven by hospitals vs 11% from retail prescription drugs.”
Why is there a whole lot more talk about drug prices than hospital prices?
Paraphrasing bank robber Willie Sutton: If we want to restrain health spending, we have to go where the money is -- hospitals.
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"A new report from PwC projects medical costs will rise 9 percent in the employer market and 8.5 percent in the individual market next year — with one of the biggest drivers being providers’ growing use of AI-powered billing and documentation tools."
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"According to a new report, the annual cost of healthcare for a family of four covered by a typical employer plan will hit $37,824 in 2026... The report specifically identified the growing use of artificial intelligence in provider billing..."
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Healthcare costs continue to dominate voters' concerns in North Carolina, and a new statewide survey suggests there is broad bipartisan agreement on what policymakers should do about it.
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Senator @amyscottgaley and NC legislators are beginning to confront whether artificial intelligence will be used to improve patient care — or simply become another tool for driving up the price of healthcare."
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"With its new rule, the Trump Administration is clearly telling states that adding new mandated benefits on top of Obamacare’s Essential Health Benefits is exactly that: Obamacare-plus. Bigger government. More mandates. Higher costs."
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"Healthcare innovation should help patients and lower costs. If AI instead becomes another driver of healthcare inflation, policymakers cannot afford to look the other way."
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"For patients facing rising premiums, growing deductibles, and higher out-of-pocket costs, the bill represents a straightforward principle: more competition, more choice, and lower-cost care options for North Carolinians."
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Hospitals are the biggest driver of rising U.S. health care costs.
Many operate as tax-exempt “non-profits” while running massive commercial systems.
This results in less competition, higher costs, and shrinking tax bases.
Thank you, @SenatorBerger , for passing HB 696, protecting access to care and ensuring taxpayer dollars are spent wisely.
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Thank you, @benton_sawrey , for passing HB 696, protecting access to care and ensuring taxpayer dollars are spent wisely.
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Thank you, @Burgin4Senate , for passing HB 696, protecting access to care and ensuring taxpayer dollars are spent wisely.
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Thank you, @amyscottgaley, for passing HB 696, protecting access to care and ensuring taxpayer dollars are spent wisely.
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