By Mark Starling
Explosives Found In Brevard
(Brevard, NC) Federal agents are helping Brevard police investigate the discovery of suspected explosive devices in downtown. Officers found several small undetonated devices near the First Baptist Church and the Transylvania County Community Services building on Sunday morning. Area businesses were evacuated as field agents investigated the scene. No one was hurt, and the search for those responsible continues.
Vaccine Eligibility Expands Again This Week
(Raleigh, NC) COVID vaccine eligibility is expanding statewide in two days. Anyone at least 16-years-of-age with certain medical conditions will be added to the list on Wednesday. Those conditions include anyone who is overweight or obese, has asthma or has high blood pressure. Over two-million North Carolinians have received at least one dose of a vaccine.
Three family members volunteer at Saturday s mass vaccination event at the Winston-Salem Fairgrounds
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effects of
Certificate of Need laws:
1970s: Health insurers have a dilemma, and Uncle Sam is about to get involved. At the time, insurers pay hospitals for their costs. Hospitals go on buying sprees, and everyone else foots the bill.
1971: North Carolina decides hospitals have a spending problem, and they need a budget. Lawmakers require providers to get state permission before making any big purchases and Certificate of Need laws are born.
1973: Not so fast. The N.C. Supreme Court axes the first version of CON laws for “establishing a monopoly.”
1974: Congress picks up the idea, and it passes a Certificate of Need mandate. But Congress does nothing to fix the underlying incentive to waste money. Instead, Congress pushes states into adopting regulations known as CON laws.