Forces are juxtaposed against each other. The North Carolina Medical Society and its allies are advocating to regulate and limit insurance requirements to obtain prior authorizations for the provision of certain types of health care. The Carolina Partnership for Reform, among others, is arguing against it. As a physician who […]
Tag: Overcoming Republican progressivism
Mask Politics
In response to the NC Senate passing a measure to make illegal the wearing of masks in public, a minor firestorm has emerged. WRAL reports that some Republican House members and disability rights advocates are decrying the measure. The talking point is emerging that the measure will harm people who […]
Raleigh Republicans Want To Replicate the Anti-Semitism Bill in NC
There has been much consternation over the anti-Semitism bill passed by the US House of Representatives last week. But most are likely unaware that the Raleigh Republicans are planning to pass a similar bill. Their version is shorter but has much the same effect as the bill passed in the […]
NC Republicans Trying To Shoot Down Medical Freedom Efforts
Tara Niebaum, Two Citizens Moms: … Grassroots North Carolinians across the state championed and passed (Medical) Freedom Resolutions in counties from the mountains to the sea and in more than half of our fourteen districts. In nearly every county and district, the resolutions were adopted unanimously or with very little […]
Governor Youngkin Took the Wide Gate and the Broad Path
Matthew 7: 13-14 (NKJV):13 “Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. 14 [a]Because narrow is the gate and [b]difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it. Governor Glenn Youngkin of Virginia has been an […]
“America Ending, Republic Ending”
Bannon points to a chart that projects annual $trillion+ deficits increasing year by year into the future. He also describes a US House of Representatives GOP conference in which certain Republicans– i.e. powerful “appropriators”– asserted there is nothing that can be done about it:
NC Labor Department Publishes New Rules Affecting All Employers For “Airborne Infectious Disease” Emergencies
Just when you thought we were done with the pandemic, Republican State Labor Commissioner Josh Dobson has launched new proposed rules that deal with “airborne infectious disease” emergencies. These rules are not yet final or certain. They must first go through the public hearing/ commenting stage. The new proposed rules […]
Tillis, NCMS Cheer “Value-Based” Health Care
The concept of value-based health care might sound good. After all, who does not appreciate value? But the devil is in the details. Value-based care means that some type of corporate entity is controlling or powerfully influencing the medical care that a physician provides for his or her patient. It […]
Business-As-Usual While Rome Burns
Matt Rosendale is a conservative Republican congressman from Montana. He is strikingly candid regarding his GOP colleagues in the US House of Representatives. While some of us were hoping the speakership of Mike Johnson would change things, it has not. The country’s debt crisis is escalating; and they cannot see […]
Silver Linings in the Pro-Life Bill Passed by the NC General Assembly
Several days ago, we had reported here about the fact that the Republican attempt to tighten the abortion laws in North Carolina was half-hearted at best. The bill passed within the last several days. There are some good aspects to the legislation. The NC Values Coalition reports: The legislation also […]