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.
Monday, September 14, 2009The Truth about Big Pharma and InsuranceBy Joseph D. ColettiFiled As: Health CareRick Henderson, publisher of the Carolina Journal, is fed up by the Raleigh News & Observer's repeated misrepresentations of the health care industry's role in health care reform debates. And the problem is ... more »»
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Monday, August 31, 2009Another failed model for reformBy Joseph D. ColettiFiled As: Health CareIf my earlier post didn't convince you that North Carolina took a system nobody thought could get any worse and made it worse by making broad systemic change in a single bill, the Raleigh News & Observer has more »»
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Monday, August 31, 2009Heath Shuler on Health Care reformBlue-Dog Dem holds radio town hall By Joseph D. ColettiFiled As: Health CareRick Henderson provided six salient points. Leslee Kulba provides the play-by-play and color commentary here.
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Friday, May 8, 2009Mandate watchBy Joseph D. ColettiFiled As: Health CareNorth Carolina's controversial mandate for chiropractors is back with friends.
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Monday, August 10, 2009North Carolinians and ObamaCareBy Joseph D. ColettiFiled As: Health CareWe're all aware by now that somebody called Rep. Brad Miller's office with a potential death threat. John Hood said we have received threats at the John Locke ... more »»
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Friday, July 24, 2009Near-death day care experienceAnother reaon not to trust government to assure quality By Joseph D. ColettiFiled As: Health CareWhat can happen when you trust a state agency to point you to high-quality day care? If you are Chris and Shawn Lear, your son can be shaken until he is near death and have injuries so sever he may never fully recover.
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Monday, July 6, 2009BMI is bogusMore specifically, "It is lying by scientific authority" By Joseph D. ColettiFiled As: Health CareParaphrasing the immortal words of Flavor Flav. Get up and get, get down, BMI is a joke in your town. And NPR has ten reasons. Number six is in the subtitle.
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Sunday, June 28, 2009When Insurers CompeteNot a public option, an interstate option By Joseph D. ColettiFiled As: Health CareIf the goal of health care reform is just to make insurance companies compete, why does Pres. Obama want to take the massive leap of creating a government run, taxpayer subsidized health plan? Supporters of the Obama view can't even agree on the market share of North Carolina's largest ... more »»
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Thursday, June 25, 2009MassCare is wicked awfulUniversal coverage doesn't mean coverage for everyone By Joseph D. ColettiFiled As: Health CareAnother indication that national subsidies for health insurance won't work the way proponents claim. Massachusetts is cutting $115 million from its Commonwealth Care. There ... more »»
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Wednesday, May 13, 2009Patients as their own advocatesBy Joseph D. ColettiFiled As: Health CareI have a commentary in the current issue of the North Carolina Medical Journal on the relative merits of patient advocacy by patients themselves, insurance companies, and politicians. Facts and stories on consumer-directed health care as a way to ... more »»
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