Dale Folwell on Health Care

	Dale Folwell on Health Care

Don't cover treatment for transgender state employees

The state treasurer manages the state's investments and its massive government employee pension funds. His office also oversees the health insurance program for state workers and teachers and their dependents. The State Health Plan has been sued over its decision--defended by Folwell--to decline covering gender-affirming treatments for transgender employees and their children. Source: WTVD on 2024 North Carolina Gubernatorial race , Mar 25, 2023

We don't consume health care; health care consumes us

Folwell has focused scrutiny on health care systems, and hospitals specifically. He's fond of repeating a phrase: "In the United States, we do not consume health care. Health care consumes us." Folwell says health insurers and the pharmaceutical and medical device industries have received fair criticism for their part in the country's more than $3.5 trillion health care bill. But he says hospitals are just as much to blame for what he calls one of the biggest wealth transfers of his lifetime. Source: WUNC on 2024 North Carolina Gubernatorial race , Dec 6, 2022

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