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.

Friday, March 7, 2008

Mental Health Problems 

By Joseph D. Coletti

Filed As:  Health Care

The Raleigh News & Observer last week ran a five-part series on the state's six-year attempt to reform mental health care. Lefties wanted to pin the blame on "privatization," but the articles more ... more »»

Friday, March 7, 2008

UNC Health Care to Charge Upfront 

By Joseph D. Coletti

Filed As:  Health Care

"UNC Health Care's data suggest that it must collect most patient fees upfront if it is to collect them at all," according to a story in the Raleigh News & Observer. This is the health system ... more »»

Thursday, February 21, 2008

Rationing Care 

This time for mental health

By Joseph D. Coletti

Filed As:  Health Care

Did a local mental health agency in southeastern North Carolina authorize more care than its clients needed? Did a lot of new people sign up? Or is essential care much more expensive this year? The agency is still trying to answer these questions. In the meantime, the more »»

Monday, February 11, 2008

Debating health care 

Candidates reflect partisan differences in NC

By Joseph D. Coletti

Filed As:  Health Care

The six major candidates for governor in North Carolina (two Democrats and four Republicans) took part in two separate debates on health care more »»

Wednesday, February 6, 2008

Not Necessarily Medicaid relief 

NC Counties not getting promised help

By Joseph D. Coletti

Filed As:  Health Care

From the start, North Carolina required counties to pay 15% of the non-federal share of Medicaid. As state and federal expansions of the program became more onerous, counties sought relief from the growing part of their budgets over which they had no control. They thought they got this relief from the ... more »»

Monday, February 4, 2008

So much for Mississippi Football 

Bill would ban restaurant sales to the obese

By Joseph D. Coletti

Filed As:  Health Care

A Republican state representative in Mississippi, apparently trying to take the Mike Huckabee approach to ... more »»

Monday, January 28, 2008

Prices Online from the NC Blues 

By Joseph D. Coletti

Filed As:  Health Care

Now that Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina (BCBSNC) customers have had a year to get used to HSAs, the insurer has begun providing - online to its members - average prices for typical procedures, chronic ... more »»

Thursday, January 24, 2008

LTC in NC 

By Joseph D. Coletti

Filed As:  Health Care

In a new report for the John Locke Foundation, Steve Moses of the more »»

Thursday, January 3, 2008

The Golden Rule in Health Care 

Those who pay the bills decide who gets care

By Joseph D. Coletti

Filed As:  Health Care

I came across this story from just before Christmas about a family in Northridge, California, who is suing CIGNA. The family wants also to charge the company with murder because the ... more »»

Tuesday, December 18, 2007

Consumers in the Driver's Seat 

By Joseph D. Coletti

Filed As:  Health Care

John Hood, president of the John Locke Foundation, writes this morning on the shift to consumer-driven health care.

Also, be sure to watch more »»

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