Joseph D. Coletti

 Joseph Coletti is Fiscal Policy Analyst at the John Locke Foundation, an independent public policy organization in Raleigh, North Carolina. He has served as editor of newsletters and briefing books on the Japanese economy and U.S.-Japan relations. Coletti led marketing research and forecasting projects with J.D. Power and Associates in Detroit and Tokyo. He also served as Director of Policy and Communications for the U.S. – Japan Business Council in Washington, D.C., before joining the Locke Foundation. Coletti received a bachelor’s degree from the University of Michigan and a master’s degree from the Johns Hopkins University Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies.

Tuesday, December 30, 2008

Hospital Competition Despite CON 

Two hospitals [gasp!] could open in one area in N.C.

By Joseph D. Coletti

Filed As:  Health Care

The state agency that approves certificates of need gave conditional approval for a second hospital in the Clemmons/Advance area, soutwest of Winston-Salem, NC. An editorial in the Winston-Salem Journal ... more »»

Tuesday, December 16, 2008

State Mental Hospitals have been Dangerous 

Why one social worker quit in NC

By Joseph D. Coletti

Filed As:  Health Care

In today's Raleigh News & Observer, a social worker explains the problem that have faced state mental hospitals since 2001. They are more »»

Monday, December 8, 2008

Georgia to Privatize Mental Hospitals 

Georgia may set a precedent

By Joseph D. Coletti

Filed As:  Health Care

Georgia plans to privatize its mental hospitals to have new facilities built at less cost to the state and lower operating cost, too.

As in more »»

Wednesday, December 3, 2008

State Mental Hospital Unsafe 

But that's nothing new

By Joseph D. Coletti

Filed As:  Health Care

More mental health woes for the state: federal inspectors cited multiple violations at the new Central Regional Hospital ... more »»

Monday, October 20, 2008

The wrath of CON 

A serious tone for a ridiculous meeting

By Joseph D. Coletti

Filed As:  Health Care

Hospitals in rapidly growing Wake County, NC, are willing to invest $100 million or more to expand their presence. Problem is, the state says there is room for only 41 more hospital beds in the county, so the CON men and women will more »»

Friday, October 17, 2008

Private sector bails out government health care 

By Joseph D. Coletti

Filed As:  Budget and Tax, Health Care

A private insurance provider is stepping in to insure children the Hawaiian government cannot afford to cover, just seven months after starting the program. "A state official said families were dropping private coverage so their children would be eligible for the subsidized plan," more »»

Friday, September 12, 2008

MedMal stats online 

By Joseph D. Coletti

Filed As:  Health Care

The Winston-Salem (NC) Journal has an editorial today supporting the N.C. Medical Board's decision to post "medical malpractice payments of more than $25,000 made by physicians and physician ... more »»

Friday, September 12, 2008

State Mental Hospitals are Dangerous 

By Joseph D. Coletti

Filed As:  Health Care

North Carolina could lose as much as $1.8 million a month in funding from the federal Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).

The federal government warned the state six times over the past 13 ... more »»

Friday, September 5, 2008

Palin vs. CON in Alaska 

By Joseph D. Coletti

Filed As:  Health Care

A Washington Post story examines Gov. Palin's efforts to end Certificate of Need (CON) laws in Alaska. Nice to know a governor somewhere gets it.

Friday, August 15, 2008

CONned again 

By Joseph D. Coletti

Filed As:  Health Care

Hospitals create jobs, but instead of government subsidies, they face more hurdles.

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