Posted: May 19th, 2017 | By: Caitlin Herlihy
Greenville, North Carolina, City Attorney David A. Holec (JD ’80) announced his retirement after nearly 37 years in municipal law and 20 years with Greenville’s City Council. The story, “After two decades, city attorney transitions out,” that follows was originally published on The Daily Reflector’s website on May 13, 2017. Continue reading »
Posted: February 21st, 2017 | By: Lisa Snedeker
Two groups of Pro Bono Project participants will travel on Friday, Feb. 24, 2017, to Pembroke, North Carolina, to host a free wills clinic at Legal Aid of North Carolina.
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Posted: February 14th, 2017 | By: Richard Craver
Posted: February 10th, 2017 | By: Lisa Snedeker
Professor Mark A. Hall, with the help of Health Law and Policy Program Fellow Katherine Booth (JD ’16), has released “A Study of Affordable Care Act Competitiveness in North Carolina.” Professor Hall is the director of the law school’s Health Law and Policy Program, which launched in 2015.
The report, researched and written by Professor Hall, is sponsored by the Brookings Institution’s Center for Health Policy and by The Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government. Professor Hall recently was appointed as the only Nonresident Senior Fellow in the Center for Health Policy at the Brookings Institution, part of the Washington, D.C.-based think tank’s Economic Studies research program.
The report is a 16-page analysis of North Carolina’s ACA market that was issued on Feb. 9, 2017, as part of an assessment of five ACA markets: North Carolina, Michigan, Texas, California and Florida.
The Raleigh News and Observer’s John Murawski published the following story, “Sicker population + state policy = NC’s high ACA costs,” on Feb. 10, 2017.
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Posted: October 24th, 2016 | By: Lisa Snedeker
Wake Forest Law’s Mark A. Hall, professor of Law & Public Health, and Katherine E. Booth (JD ’15), Health Law and Policy research associate, have released the study entitled, “Can Medicaid help (North Carolina) military veterans?” The study is the product of Wake Forest Law’s Health Law and Policy Program and can be read here.
“This report is the first look at a critically important but little known issue — low-income veterans without access to comprehensive health insurance coverage due to state policy,” said Allen Smart, vice president of programs at the Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust, which provided support for the study. “We hope the findings will become part of the broader conversation around Medicaid expansion.”
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Posted: May 17th, 2016 | By: Harold Lloyd
Posted: May 13th, 2016 | By: Paul B. Johnson
Professor Shannon Gilreath (JD ’02) was quoted in the article, “Overlooked cost of HB2 will be real, but hard to calculate,” originally published in The High Point Enterprise on May 12, 2016. Access to the full article requires a subscription.
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Posted: May 13th, 2016 | By: Harold Lloyd
Posted: April 7th, 2016 | By: Todd Luck
Professor Harold Lloyd was quoted in the following story, “HB2 eliminates N.C. discrimination suits,” originally published in The Winston-Salem Chronicle on April 7, 2016.
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Posted: April 1st, 2016 | By: Harold Lloyd
Professor Harold Lloyd authored the following article, “McCrory and House Bill 2,” originally published in The Huffington Post on March 31, 2016.
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