Health Care Advocacy

Legislative Update

The Health Care Policy Council bills encountered tough opposition in the last weeks of the legislative session. At the end, the bills had been weakened significantly by opponents, and in House and Senate negotiations the bill were allowed to die.

The concept of the bill was rolled into the NC Institute of Medicine Access to Health Care Study Group with the Institute of Medicine appointing the members of the Study Group.

Thanks to House Speaker Hackney, Representative Insko's hard work and the intent of the original Health Care Policy Council were preserved. A permanent study group has been created, which is to make recommendations to the General Assembly on moving us forward to a system where all North Carolinians have access to health insurance.

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