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, 2008Hospital Competition Despite CONTwo hospitals [gasp!] could open in one area in N.C. By Joseph D. ColettiFiled As: Health CareThe 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 »»
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Tuesday, December 16, 2008State Mental Hospitals have been DangerousWhy one social worker quit in NC By Joseph D. ColettiFiled As: Health CareIn today's Raleigh News & Observer, a social worker explains the problem that have faced state mental hospitals since 2001. They are more »»
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Monday, December 8, 2008Georgia to Privatize Mental HospitalsBy Joseph D. ColettiFiled As: Health CareGeorgia 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 »»
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Wednesday, December 3, 2008State Mental Hospital UnsafeBy Joseph D. ColettiFiled As: Health CareMore mental health woes for the state: federal inspectors cited multiple violations at the new Central Regional Hospital ... more »»
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Monday, October 20, 2008The wrath of CONA serious tone for a ridiculous meeting By Joseph D. ColettiFiled As: Health CareHospitals 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 »»
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Friday, October 17, 2008Private sector bails out government health careBy Joseph D. ColettiFiled As: Budget and Tax, Health CareA 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 »»
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Friday, September 12, 2008MedMal stats onlineBy Joseph D. ColettiFiled As: Health CareThe 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 »»
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Friday, September 12, 2008State Mental Hospitals are DangerousBy Joseph D. ColettiFiled As: Health CareNorth 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, 2008Palin vs. CON in AlaskaBy Joseph D. ColettiFiled As: Health CareA 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.
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Friday, August 15, 2008CONned againBy Joseph D. ColettiFiled As: Health CareHospitals create jobs, but instead of government subsidies, they face more hurdles.
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