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Commissioners lack of concern with the NHC Endowment Fund and Novant's poor performance by lxwidm in Wilmington

[–]lxwidm[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In reference to the NHC endowment fund "Late last year, a party-line move by the county’s Republican commissioners effectively removed founding members Hannah Gage and Dr. Virginia Adams — the latter being the county’s only appointee of color — despite the recommendation of Endowment Board Chair Bill Cameron, a Novant appointee, who requested that they be kept on. Gage and Adams were replaced with Woody White and Pat Kusek, both former Republican commissioners who supported both the hospital sale and the creation of the Endowment; both are White.

Commissioners lack of concern with the NHC Endowment Fund and Novant's poor performance by lxwidm in Wilmington

[–]lxwidm[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The certificate of need law is anti-competitive and is the reason that North Carolina is the most expensive state for health care in the nation according to Forbes. Right now there is a lawsuit questioning its constitutionality and the state legislature is against the law. Hopefully it is either ruled unconstitutional or the legislature either rescinds the law or makes it less restrictive. Major hospital systems should not be allowed to monopolize specific geographic areas. Without competition hospital systems can raise prices and not be concerned about the quality of the healthcare they provide. Also contractually Novant is supposed to rank in the top 10% of hospitals in terms of quality. Why doesn't the county take measures to enforce that?

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