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To spite your face

by Thomas Mills | Oct 3, 2013 | Editor's Blog, Health Care, NC Politics, NCGA, NCGOP, NCGov | 102 comments

Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin is telling the truth on the GOP. After news came out that North Carolina’s insurance rates would be, on average, higher than the nation as a whole, Goodwin told us why. It seems that in their effort to delay and obstruct Obamacare,...

Too many hats

by Thomas Mills | Sep 30, 2013 | Editor's Blog, Health Care, NC Politics, NCGA, Politics | 2 comments

You would think that Pat McCrory would get fed up. Virtually every day there is another bad headline about the Department of Health and Human Services. But, nope, he thinks the department and its leader, Secretary Aldona Wos are doing just fine. The latest flap is...

In a lather

by Thomas Mills | Sep 26, 2013 | Editor's Blog, Health Care, NCGOP | 6 comments

Republicans are all in a lather about the implementation of Obamacare. Here in North Carolina, they got news that sent them over the moon. Our state’s premiums will be higher than than the national average. On twitter, this was like Christmas in September. The...

Conduct unbecoming a governor

by Thomas Mills | Sep 19, 2013 | Editor's Blog, Health Care, NCGov | 2 comments

What is it with Pat McCrory and the Department of Health and Human Services? Yesterday, news outlets across the state reported that Secretary Aldona Wos had made yet another political hire with an inflated salary. So when I heard McCrory was calling a news conference,...

Hacks and ideologues

by Thomas Mills | Sep 11, 2013 | Editor's Blog, Health Care, NC Politics | 2 comments

Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Aldona Wos just doesn’t get it. After taking heat for weeks for hiring campaign cronies with inflated salaries and offering sweetheart deals to old friends, she’s done it again. This time, she’s hired a lobbyist and...

Obamacare’s not the problem. Republicans are.

by Thomas Mills | Sep 6, 2013 | Editor's Blog, Health Care, NCGA | 16 comments

As Obamacare implementation draws nearer, watch for the gnashing of teeth by the Republicans to increase. They so want the program to fail that they are doing all they can to sabotage it. Right now, they’re running ads trying to scare women. And the legislature...