NC and 20 other states passed concussion laws this year
A very interesting article in Education Week tackles the issue of concussion laws. According to the article, only 11 states had a concussion law on the books at this time last year. This year, North...
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State officials hopeful that unemployment debt will be paid off early
Dale Folwell It’s looking like North Carolina businesses will pay off their unemployment insurance debt to the federal government three months earlier than anticipated. According to a Division of...
View ArticleTaking care of retired state employees
State Treasurer Dale Folwell is on his way to cutting $100 million in state pension management fees. He has cut six managers and renegotiated fees producing $25 million in savings so far. Savings like...
View ArticlePensions nationwide doing better, but not healthy yet
North Carolina’s pension plans for government employees did well this past fiscal year, growing 10.6% to $93.9 billion. That was below the median gain for all public pension funds in the country of...
View ArticleTreasurer Dale Folwell Demands Price Transparency
On Friday, March 20, 2020, State Treasurer Dale Folwell announced his intention to rescue the State Health Plan with price transparency. Carolina Journal’s Julie Havlak reports: With the State Health...
View ArticleNC and 20 other states passed concussion laws this year
A very interesting article in Education Week tackles the issue of concussion laws. According to the article, only 11 states had a concussion law on the books at this time last year. This year, North...
View ArticleA Sustainable Path for Pension and Retiree Health Benefits
One reason teachers and state employees may not have seen the raises they wanted in recent years is that the government’s cost for pensions and retiree health benefits has climbed from 8 percent of...
View ArticleThe Battle Over North Carolina’s State Health Plan
Members of the North Carolina General Assembly will face tough decisions on important health care legislation in the current session. Many bills have already been introduced. For example, there have...
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Update on State Treasurer Folwell’s Clear Pricing Project
What is the Clear Pricing Project? There has been no shortage of debate on health care issues in the North Carolina General Assembly this session. One of those receiving quite a bit of attention is...
View ArticleIndiana and the Fight to Lower Health Care Costs
We know the lack of price transparency in health care is a significant problem. Health care isn’t purchased like any other product. In most cases, patients outsource consumer power to insurance...
View ArticleEmployer Health Care Plans and Reference-Based Pricing
The cost of employer health care is an important topic in the broader health care debate. Unlike other countries, about half of our citizens get their health insurance through their employers. Given...
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North Carolina’s Strong Fiscal Condition and Opportunity for Growth
Thanks to fiscally conservative policies of spending restraint and saving, state debt continues to trend downward as highlighted in the Debt Affordability Advisory Committee’s (the Committee) annual...
View ArticleWhy You Should Care About the Folwell v. BlackRock Feud
Your money may be used to argue for viewpoints that you may disagree with, and in ways that you did not consent to. Moreover, your money may be invested in ways that fail to maximize the greatest...
View ArticleThree Areas of Pension Risk — and Reform
Pension plans for state government retirees are strainedESG funding in pension plans prioritizes “woke” values over return on investments, while exposure to China stocks has some fund managers...
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North Carolina State Board of Education Passes Policy to Reassert Authority...
On Sept. 7, the North Carolina State Board of Education approved a new policy entitled “Funding and Accountability for Charter Schools” in an effort to exert more authority over charter school...
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