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We, as North Carolina business leaders, understand that a strong economy and a thriving workforce require healthy families. Right now, too many hard-working families are uninsured. In fact, about two-thirds of all uninsured adults in North Carolina work. They are construction workers, farmers, child care providers, and even veterans. We urge the North Carolina General Assembly to achieve a bi-partisan solution to close the health insurance coverage gap. Now is the time to act. There are proposals on the table that would require no investment of state tax dollars and closing the gap would create an estimated 37,000 jobs and billions in economic activity. Much of this economic activity would benefit our rural communities and other areas most in need of an economic boost. Closing the health insurance coverage gap is a good deal for the health of North Carolina families and for our economy. We urge you to work together and achieve a policy solution that closes the health insurance coverage gap.

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That means we cannot stand silent when presented with the opportunity to provide healthcare coverage for hundreds of thousands of our brothers and sisters. We understand that a community cannot flourish while its people lack access to affordable, quality healthcare. Healthy families are the bedrock of our communities of faith and of our local economies. Uninsured North Carolinians include members of our congregations, pastors, child care providers, farmers, construction workers, small business owners, neighbors, and friends. We urge the North Carolina General Assembly to work together across bi-partisan lines to close the health insurance coverage gap for all of these children of God.

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As legislation progresses to enact a North Carolina solution to close the health insurance coverage gap, it is critical that we have a grassroots team ready to mobilize. By signing up as a member of the Care4Carolina Grassroots Action Network, you agree to activate your group/organization when action is requested during the campaign. Action requests may include but are not limited to reaching out to legislators, sharing posts on social media, and relaying information to other contacts.

Your work as a grassroots group/organization is essential to our efforts, and Care4Carolina appreciates your support in ensuring that our mission is achieved. Together, we will find a North Carolina solution to close the health insurance coverage gap.

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The Canary in the Coal Mine

September 8, 2020 by Hailey Gutzmer Leave a Comment

Reprinted from September, 2020 Newsletter of the North Carolina Association of Free and Charitable Clinics

By Randy Jordan, CEO

Recent reporting from NC Medicaid suggests that Medicaid enrollment is climbing in North Carolina and COVID-19 may be responsible.  We are seeing something similar in NCAFCC’s free and charitable clinic members during COVID-19.  One of the requirements of NCAFCC’s recent state appropriation is to collect data on the number of new patients seen at our clinics during the pandemic.  We now have 5 months of reporting from March-July, 2020.  Our clinics (57) have seen a total of 56,951 patients during this period.  Of that number, 6,927 or 12% were reported as new patients.  To annualize this number similar to the way that NC Medicaid reports on Medicaid enrollment, new patients represent an 8.5% annual increase over the 82,300 unduplicated patients that were seen at free and charitable clinics during 2019.  This is an astounding number of new patients in a short 5-month window.  While our data doesn’t go so far to establish precise causation, it is a reasonable assumption that newly unemployed and, therefore, newly uninsured North Carolinians are, in part responsible for the increase.

The number of uninsured patients at free clinics has always been one of the “canaries in the coal mine” on the status of North Carolina’s insurance coverage rates.  Prior to the Affordable Care Act (ACA), there were approximately 1.5 million uninsured in North Carolina.  Until last year, that number decreased to 1.1 million according to the Kaiser Family Foundation as NC residents purchased individual ACA coverage.  We remain hopeful that the efforts of Care4Carolina’s and others in closing the coverage gap will lower that number even further.  However, the Kaiser Family Foundation is now reporting that in 2019 there were 1.3 million uninsured in our state.  The data from NC Medicaid combined with NCAFCC’s on new patients suggests that the uninsured rate is climbing even higher during COVID-19.  We’re proud of the contribution that NC’s free and charitable clinics are making in providing healthcare to those who have not yet been blessed with health insurance.

Category iconSummer 2020 Series Tag iconMedicaid Enrollment

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