You may have seen estimates for sky high health care costs during retirement that most workers could never hope to amass But are those numbers really true On today's MoneyWise Live Rob West will share some surprising new information from a top brokerage firm on that topic Then he'll answer your calls and questions on various financial topics See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

Are you or older and wondering how to protect yourself against the risk of potentially high medical bills that Medicare doesn rsquo t cover While Medicare provides good protection for basic health care costs it does not cover of your medical expenses On the next MoneyWise Live hosts Rob West and Steve Moore educate you on Medicare Supplement Insurance Choosing a Medigap plan on MoneyWise Live at pm Eastern pm Central on Moody Radio [... more]

Younger people in the work force change jobs every two years or so This job-hopping trend makes it difficult to manage their health care costs So imagine the benefit of having a health plan that stays with you through life rsquo s changes On the next MoneyWise Live hosts Rob West and Steve Moore talk with Christian Healthcare Ministries rsquo Lauren Gajdek about how medical cost sharing plans can go and grow with you That rsquo s MoneyWise Live at pm Eastern pm Central on Moody Radio [... more]

Debate about public education in North Carolina gets bogged down by some popular myths The myths include misconceptions about teacher pay and the impact of school choice on public school enrollment Terry Stoops John Locke Foundation vice president for research and director of education studies addresses those myths and attempts to correct the record Occupational licensing laws limit economic opportunities in North Carolina During a recent speech for the Federalist Society in Raleigh attorney Justin Pearson of the Institute for Justice explained how Pearson shares highlights from that presentation in a one-on-one interview The University of North Carolina System has [... more]

A recent Civitas poll suggests North Carolina will continue to play a role as an election battleground state in Rick Henderson Carolina Journal editor-in-chief dissects the poll's key findings Henderson assesses the implications for Tar Heel politics during the next two years Partisans on both the left and right tend to agree that our political debates have become far too polarized In a recent column for National Review Online John Locke Foundation Chairman John Hood offered ideas for addressing the crippling level of polarization Hood highlighted the work of North Carolina's bipartisan Leadership Forum Today's economy requires an increased role [... more]

North Carolina's largest health insurer wants to raise rates by percent for policies tied to the Affordable Care Act or Obamacare Katherine Restrepo the John Locke Foundation's director of health care policy analyzes factors contributing to the rate increase Restrepo also offers ideas about ways the state and federal government could change policies to help reduce health care costs The threat of natural disasters often prompts calls for government action People often pay less attention to market forces that help communities prepare for disasters and other emergencies But Ben Foster Ph D student in environmental sciences and engineering at UNC-Chapel [... more]