Our prayers, hearts and minds go out to the people of Western North Carolina who are reeling from the historic damage done to them by Hurricane Helene. This once-in-a-lifetime tragedy demands that we all pull together to help each other during this unprecedented time. The staff of the Department of State Treasurer, including the State Health Plan, the Retirement Systems Division and the State and Local Government Finance Division are all working to make sure that we support the people in that region of the state with every resource that we can provide.
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I am glad that Atrium is finally doing the right thing by cancelling medical debt and the punishing liens they have put on people’s homes. Unfortunately, it comes after many lives have already been ruined and thousands were thrown into generational poverty. It also took a big government payout in the form of hundreds of millions of taxpayers’ dollars being funneled to the hospital cartel to do what they should already have been doing – providing charity care equal to the value of their $1.8 billion in tax breaks.
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