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Char.Observer: 2 Views on New NC MCD Privatization/”Reform”

Publication Date: 09/30/2015
Source: Editorial Section, Charlotte Observer ⇥

Char.Observer: 2 Views on New NC MCD Privatization/”Reform” cover



A Charlotte doctor and an Americans for Prosperity official answer:

Is Medicaid reform good for N.C.?

Yes: New system puts patients first

Joseph Kyzer is the Communications Director at Americans for Prosperity North Carolina.

… Between 2008 and 2013, North Carolina’s Medicaid system was an unmitigated bureaucratic disaster…


 No: CCNC has worked well

Jessica Schorr Saxe is a Charlotte physician. She is chair of Health Care Justice-NC.

… The widely publicized Medicaid overruns of the past few years were not due to CCNC failures but to repeated underbudgeting by the legislature. Claim costs were actually level over this period.

Commitment to the health of patients and communities has resulted in quality improvements…



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