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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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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.

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Four ways closing the coverage gap helps kids

April 19, 2022 by Hannah Robinson Leave a Comment

By Tiffany Gladney, Policy Director, NC Child

Every parent and caregiver deserves affordable health coverage in order to stay healthy and provide for their families. That’s why NC Child has been a Care4Carolina partner since 2017 and why we work every day to bring the voices of families to the conversation around closing the health care coverage gap in North Carolina. 

Far too many North Carolinians can’t see a doctor when they need one because affordable health insurance is out of reach in our state. Expanding Medicaid and closing that gap would bring affordable health coverage to more than 100,000 North Carolina parents with children at home. That has myriad benefits.

  1. Family Financial Security

Parents can’t work and take care of their children when they’re not healthy. Many North Carolina parents don’t earn enough to buy private health insurance, but do not qualify for Medicaid. A family with two parents and two children that earns as little as $1,000/month makes too much for Medicaid.

Expanding Medicaid can help working families pull through difficult times. Most of those who would be covered by expanded Medicaid are working – sometimes in multiple jobs – but don’t earn enough to qualify for a private marketplace plan. Many works in essential jobs like child care, food service, construction, and nursing homes.  

  1. Covering Parents & Caregivers So That More Kids Are Covered, Too

A growing number of children in our state have no health insurance. An estimated 142,000 North Carolina children were uninsured in 2019, a 23 percent increase from 2016. North Carolina is now one of the bottom ten states in terms of covering children.

Without health coverage, children cannot access the care they need to grow, thrive, and learn. They often miss developmental screenings, critical childhood vaccinations, and forego needed care. Research shows children with health coverage are more likely to graduate from high school, attend college and grow up to be healthier and more productive adults.

When parents and caregivers have health insurance, children are more likely to be covered as well. Research has found that states that expanded Medicaid have significantly lower rates of uninsured children.

  1. Addressing Racial & Ethnic Disparities

Black and Latinx families are less likely to have health insurance than other groups in our state – a factor that contributes to disparities in both parents’ and children’s health outcomes. In North Carolina, Black people are 30 percent more likely than whites to be uninsured, and American Indian people are 60 percent more likely to be uninsured. Hispanic/Latinx people are 3 times more likely than whites to be uninsured.

If North Carolina were to expand Medicaid, half of those newly insured would be people of color. Expanding Medicaid in North Carolina can help address long-standing health disparities for people of color in our state. We can tackle the racial and ethnic disparities head-on, setting up more children for life-long health and well-being, by making health coverage affordable for all families.

  1. Covering Parents and Caregivers

Every parent and caregiver needs reliable, affordable access to health care. Income should not be the factor that determines whether parents & caregivers can get the care they need – including foster and adoptive parents, grandparent caregivers, and anyone with children depending on them.

It’s time to expand Medicaid so that North Carolina families can thrive!

NC Child is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that advances public policies to ensure that every child in North Carolina has the opportunity to thrive – whatever their race, ethnicity or place of birth. www.ncchild.org

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