Healthcare premiums in North Carolina increased by 183% during Roy Cooper's tenure as governor.
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Michael Whatley@WhatleyNCOct 6, 2026Roy 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.
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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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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- 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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