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RALEIGH – Yesterday, a national news outlet released a story detailing how under Roy Cooper’s watch, North Carolinians paid the most of any state in the nation for healthcare. Under Cooper’s reign North Carolina faced a 183% increase in healthcare premium costs, which is a more than $480 per month increase. Despite campaigning on affordability, under Cooper’s watch, life was anything but affordable.
“Former Gov. Roy Cooper is running for Senate on “making things cost less,” making lower healthcare costs a key plank of his senatorial campaign. However, North Carolinians have paid the highest healthcare costs when he was governor.
Forbes found that the Tar Heel State was the most expensive state for health care, with the highest average premiums for residents with “plus-one” coverage through an employer, or $4,781 annually. It also had the second highest average premium for residents with family health insurance through family health insurance through an employer.
Cooper’s North Carolina also ranked fifth highest for average deductibles with single health insurance coverage through an employer.
A Heritage Foundation analysis found that North Carolina faced a 183 percent increase in premium when Cooper was the state attorney general and governor. This led to a $480 per month increase in premium.”
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“Lyin’ Roy Cooper is at it again, this time claiming that he will lower costs when under his watch North Carolinians saw health care costs spike to the highest in the nation. North Carolina families saw increased premium costs all while Cooper touts ‘affordability’. North Carolina cannot afford more of Roy Cooper’s bait and switch tactics that raise healthcare costs on our families,” said Whatley Campaign Spokesman DJ Griffin.