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, 2008Mental Health ProblemsBy Joseph D. ColettiFiled As: Health CareThe 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 »»
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Friday, March 7, 2008UNC Health Care to Charge UpfrontBy Joseph D. ColettiFiled 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 »»
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Thursday, February 21, 2008Rationing CareBy Joseph D. ColettiFiled As: Health CareDid 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 »»
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Monday, February 11, 2008Debating health careCandidates reflect partisan differences in NC By Joseph D. ColettiFiled As: Health CareThe six major candidates for governor in North Carolina (two Democrats and four Republicans) took part in two separate debates on health care more »»
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Wednesday, February 6, 2008Not Necessarily Medicaid reliefNC Counties not getting promised help By Joseph D. ColettiFiled As: Health CareFrom 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 »»
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Monday, February 4, 2008So much for Mississippi FootballBill would ban restaurant sales to the obese By Joseph D. ColettiFiled As: Health Care A Republican state representative in Mississippi, apparently trying to take the Mike Huckabee approach to ... more »»
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Monday, January 28, 2008Prices Online from the NC BluesBy Joseph D. ColettiFiled As: Health CareNow 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 »»
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Thursday, January 24, 2008LTC in NCBy Joseph D. ColettiFiled As: Health CareIn a new report for the John Locke Foundation, Steve Moses of the more »»
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Thursday, January 3, 2008The Golden Rule in Health CareThose who pay the bills decide who gets care By Joseph D. ColettiFiled As: Health CareI 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 »»
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Tuesday, December 18, 2007Consumers in the Driver's SeatBy Joseph D. ColettiFiled As: Health CareJohn 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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