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Exploring Trump’s impact on executive power
Jack Goldsmith and Bob Bauer ponder President Donald Trump’s impact on executive power during the first year of his second term. In the pursuit of this agenda, Trump has unquestionably expanded presidential power in important…
Republicans continue to get sucked into health care battles
Yuval Levin tackles a topic that continues to perplex Republicans. Sometimes in politics, you win not by changing the world but by changing the subject. That’s how the Democrats won this fall’s government shutdown. It didn’t…
Bipartisan bill boosts American defense
Mackenzie Eaglen dissects a rare bipartisan measure on Capitol Hill that will improve American defense. The FY2026 National Defense Authorization Act couples nearly $900 billion in defense spending with a rare dose of…
Exposing Minnesota’s ‘fraud tourism industry’
Jessica Costescu writes for the Washington Free Beacon about a disturbing assessment of a deep blue Midwestern state. Minnesota has “developed a fraud tourism industry” that entices scammers to travel to the North Star State…
Telemedicine
Introduction Telemedicine is a leading innovation that has proven to expedite the delivery of health care. Telemedicine is the use of technology to deliver health care, health information, or health education at a distance.…
Scope-of-Practice Reform
Introduction For patients living in rural North Carolina, quality health care can be hard to find. Currently, more than 3. 2 million people, or one-third of the state’s population, live a designated primary care health…
Medicaid Expansion
Introduction Medicaid is a program funded jointly by the state and federal governments. Its core functions include paying medical providers for services rendered to low-income parents, children, pregnant women, the elderly,…
Health Benefit Mandates
Introduction There are many opportunities for North Carolina lawmakers to help lower the cost of health insurance. One way is to re-examine the 57 health benefit mandates that state officials have passed into law since the…
Direct Primary Care
Introduction The excessive amount of health care regulation that deteriorates the physician/patient relationship is pushing some doctors to opt out of insurance contracts so they can spend more time with their patients. This…
Dental Care Access
Introduction The importance of oral health is often overlooked in the broader health care discussion. Sustaining proper oral health at a young age and into one’s elderly years is an essential factor in maintaining one’s…
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