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title: NAIFA-North Carolina Offers Alternative to State-Run Retirement Plan
description: NAIFA-NC proposes an alternative to the state-run retirement plan, advocating for promoting existing private market options to save state resources.
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# [NAIFA-North Carolina Offers Alternative to State-Run Retirement Plan](https://advocacy.naifa.org/news/naifa-north-carolina-offers-alternative-to-state-run-retirement-plan)

 Written by [Fred Joyner](https://advocacy.naifa.org/news/author/fred-joyner) | 3/21/25 8:55 PM

On Wed. March 12, 2025, [NAIFA-NC](https://nc.naifa.org/) provided testimony to the NC House Insurance Committee regarding House Bill 79, North Carolina Work and Save (a state-run retirement plan).

**In attendance for NAIFA-NC were:**

- [Paul Johnson](https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-m-johnson-b20a9750/) - Vice Chair – NAIFA-NC Gov. Relations Committee
- [Fred Joyner](https://www.linkedin.com/in/fred-joyner-42168213/) -  Chair – NAIFA-NC Gov. Relations Committee
- [David Ferrell](https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-ferrell-15606628/) – Lobbyist
- [Chase Horton](https://www.linkedin.com/in/chase-horton-714085195/) - Lobbyist

**Short Summary of House Insurance Committee Meeting:**

House Bill 79, North Carolina Work and Save, was heard for discussion only with no vote in the House Insurance Committee. Paul Johnson of NAIFA-NC spoke to the committee on NAIFA-NC’s behalf to let the committee know that a state-run retirement program that competes with the products already available in the private market is not the best approach and not a good use of scarce state resources. NAIFA offered, if the committee is interested, to work with the bill sponsor, AARP, and other interested parties to design a program to promote the existing options in the private market to employers and employees in North Carolina.

*Paul Johnson prepares for his testimony before the House Insurance Committee.*

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