Press Releases
Agency Praises NC as 'one of the strongest states according to every measure.'
Local Government Commission Acts on Many Public Buildings, Infrastructure Requests
More Than $115 Million in Missing Money was Returned to the Rightful Owners; Credit Goes to Deputy Treasurer Allen Martin, UPD Staff, and Media Partners Statewide
“We appreciate the support nearly half of the states have shown by filing an amicus brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to review the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals’ decision. Our position remains unchanged. State governing bodies are best equipped to evaluate health care coverage that provides the greatest good to the highest number of people. They, and not the courts, are the proper place to make such decisions.”
Members Also Approved Returning Financial Control to the Town of Eureka and Cliffside Sanitary District
State Health Plan Legal Victory Fuels Bus Tour
We are pleased that Blue Cross NC is choosing not to appeal the well-reasoned opinion of Judge Melissa Owens Lassiter of the Office of Administrative Hearings. The members of the State Health Plan and taxpayers like them deserve to have this uncertainty ended. We will continue to be relentless in our pursuit of improving benefits for teachers and state employees in a cost-effective manner for taxpayers.
In Other Action, Local Government Commission Returns Financial Control to Town of Spring Lake
From the beginning, it has been clear that the State Health Plan (Plan) performed a well-reasoned, high-integrity, and correct procurement process for third-party administrative services. This process clearly revealed that Aetna’s bid was superior to Blue Cross NC’s, and the Plan’s Board of Trustees properly approved the contract’s award to Aetna. As Judge Melissa Owens Lassiter said in her opinion:
We are glad that the Department of Health and Human Services and the governor have finally recognized my pro-family initiative to help prevent medical debt from decimating the finances of North Carolina families. The best and most simple way that our new allies can be helpful in this fight is to immediately support the Medical Debt De-Weaponization Act that passed the Senate unanimously and is only one vote short from passing the House.