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Sign as a Business Leader

As a North Carolina business leader, I endorse the following statement:

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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Faith Leaders Addendum

As a North Carolina faith leader/ community of faith, I/we endorse the following statement:

We, as people of faith in North Carolina, believe that the Lord brings good news to the poor, binds up the broken-hearted, and comforts all those who mourn. We believe that when we work to ease the burdens of our neighbors who are struggling the most, we are caring for God. And, we believe we are called to follow our God by doing good, not only in the halls of our congregations, but by seeking justice in the wider world.

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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Sign as a Grassroots Group

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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Care4Carolina Launches Faith Advisory Council to Educate, Activate, Preach and Pray

April 20, 2021 by Hailey Gutzmer Leave a Comment

by Peg O’Connell

Last Wednesday, I was privileged to be part of the first meeting of Care4Carolina’s new Faith Advisory Council. The FAC is a group of faith leaders from across the state who are adding their voices to the call for a North Carolina solution to close the coverage gap.

The group came together to talk about the situation faced by the 600,000-750,000 North Carolinians who find themselves with no affordable option to buy health insurance.  We talk about this a lot at Care4Carolina, it is our mission.  We usually discuss the issue in terms of public health or economic impact, but this group talked about the issue differently.  These faith leaders used terms like “caring,” “compassion,” “brothers and sister,” “service to others.”  

It was uplifting for me to hear this important matter described in such frank and faith-filled terms.  When you have been around the political world as long as I have, it is easy to become jaded.  I was glad to be reminded, by these men and women from communities of faith, why we do what we do at Care4Carolina.  Finding a solution for covering the uninsured in our state is about helping our neighbors and our friends, it truly is about being “our brother’s keeper.”  

The Faith Advisory Council is chaired by the Rev. James Brigman of St. Paul’s United Methodist Church in Rockingham.  He is a champion for improving access to health care.  A few years back he walked to Washington from his home on the South Carolina line to shine a spotlight on the healthcare needs of the medically fragile. He is joined on the Council by Rev. George Reed, Father Bob Hudak, Rev. Jaye White, Elder Conrad Pridgen, Rev. Wes Pitts, Deacon Sallie Simpson, Rev. Andrew Taylor-Troutman, and Rev. Reginald Keitt.  Each of these members brings strong heart and feels called to serve those in need in our state.

The purpose of the FAC is to raise the voices of clergy and congregations across the state in support of closing the health insurance coverage gap. The four tenants of the Council are Educate, Activate, Preach and Pray.  Over the coming months, the members of the Council will help guide C4C’s outreach to additional communities of faith, serve as local spokespeople on the issue, help us organize and implement a day of prayer across the state and most importantly PRAY! 

You will be hearing more about the work of the Faith Advisory Council in these next few months.  Our first goal is to have 100 communities of faith sign on in support of closing the health insurance gap.  If you are a member of a congregation that would like to become part of these important efforts, go to the ACT NOW page and click the FAITH COMMUNITY button.

In the interim, keep the faith and pray. Pray for those in our state who want nothing more than the security of having health insurance when they need it.  You will be in some very good company.

Category iconSpring 2021 Series Tag iconFaith Leaders

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