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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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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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Medicaid Expansion Strengthens Near-Elderly, Low Income Workers and Expands NC’s Economy

June 8, 2022 by Hannah Robinson Leave a Comment

By Heather Burkhardt, Executive Director, NC Coalition on Aging

Medicaid expansion will help an estimated 34,000 middle-aged, low-income North Carolina workers to remain healthy and productive while improving their finances for retirement. 

Most of them are childcare, healthcare, and retail workers as well as farmers and others in physically demanding jobs.  By middle age, chronic conditions such as diabetes, heart disease, arthritis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and cancer are starting to take their toll. In fact, seven out of 10 of these workers  have at least one chronic condition; 37 percent have two conditions and 14 percent have three.

Being aged 55-64, they are too young for Medicare.  Unfortunately, they are among the 600,000 North Carolinians who fall in the ‘coverage gap.” Their income is under the threshold for regular to qualify for a premium subsidy for private insurance under the Affordable Care Act and they are too young for Medicare.  

Closing the coverage gap would put a new “Medicaid card” in their wallets. Allowing many to afford to find a regular doctor, get help filling prescriptions, and obtain treatment for such serious issues as addictions, mental illness, diabetes, COPD and heart disease. More than 400 studies document how expansion increases access to care, improves health outcomes, saves lives and enables more persons to get and keep jobs. In expansion states, persons with disabilities are significantly more likely to be employed.

Considering lives saved in expansion states and a higher death rate in non-expansion states, one study estimated that North Carolina lost an extra 1,400 lives in persons aged 55-64 over four years. 

The affordable care also increases food, housing and financial security in this low-income group.  A 2020 study found that persons aged 50-64 saved between $496 and $648 per year on out-of-pocket medical costs under expansion. They can make regular rent and mortgage payments and avoid medical debt. In expansion states, a higher share of the workforce has jobs. 

As for the “big picture,” expansion is an engine for economic growth. It injects $5 billion into North Carolina’s economy and has multiple “ripple effects” in creating jobs. It will stimulate another $200 million per year in state revenue and $43 million for localities. 

With the state needing to fill over 182,000 direct care openings over 10 years,  the new revenue would create an estimated 21,000 new jobs in that sector.  After the ACA began, expansion states saw job growth significantly above on-expansion states (2.4 percent versus1.8 percent).

In summary, Medicaid expansion is a great investment to strengthen and enrich the lives of North Carolinians entering the Third Age. Info: www.nccoalitiononaging.org.

Category iconUpdates Tag iconElderly,  Medicaid Expansion

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