Healthcare premiums in North Carolina increased by 183% during Roy Cooper's tenure as governor.
Posted by Michael Whatley,
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ShareFalse. Official CMS data shows that health insurance premiums in North Carolina decreased by 12% during Roy Cooper's tenure as governor. The 183% figure comes from an analysis spanning his combined decades as attorney general and governor, not his gubernatorial administration.
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Roy Cooper made Healthcare Cost More! Cooper allowed healthcare premiums to jump 183% under his watch. Now, NC has the highest healthcare costs in the nation while he has raked in over $400k in donations from healthcare companies and their executives. Your family pays more for health care and Cooper gets paid off. Sounds corrupt to me.
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Contradicts. CMS data shows that average healthcare premiums in North Carolina actually decreased by 12% during Cooper's tenure as governor between 2017 and 2024.[1][2][3]
Context. The 183% increase figure comes from a Heritage Foundation analysis measuring an expanded timeframe covering Cooper's terms as both state attorney general and governor.[4][5]
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12 sources: 10 not rated, 1 rated low, 1 fact-checker
- 1Former Gov. Roy Cooper, who's running for the US Senate ...instagram.com · not rated · cited for: contradicts
- 2Whatley’s 183% health care claim doesn’t add upamericanjournalnews.com · not rated · cited for: contradicts
- 3Whatley’s 183% Health Care Premium Increase Claim Lacks ...commongoodnews.org · not rated · cited for: contradicts
- 4Democrat Roy Cooper Oversaw Highest Healthcare Costs ...nrsc.org · not rated · cited for: context
- 5Democrat Roy Cooper Oversaw Highest Healthcare Costs in the ...breitbart.com · rated low for factual reporting by Iffy.news · cited for: context
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- 6As ACA enrollment drops, higher insurance rates may followpolitifact.com · fact-checker
- 7While Democrat Roy Cooper became a multimillionaire ...facebook.com · not rated
- 8North Carolina Senate race puts affordability front and centercnbc.com · not rated
- 9Who is Roy Cooper? Career, policies, controversies and ...hindustantimes.com · not rated
- 10Whatley’s False Claim on Health Care Premiums During Cooper’s ...rsinvestigates.info · not rated
- 11Michael Whatley’s health care premium claim under scrutiny in ...theamericanvanguard.com · not rated
- 12ICYMI- Despite Campaigning on Affordability, Roy Cooper ...michaelwhatley.com · not rated
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New post Fact check: Families budgeting for health insurance deserve fair numbers on how their monthly rates have changed. CMS data shows North Carolina health insurance premiums fell 12% under Governor Cooper, not increasing 183% as claimed.
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