17 percent of county is uninsured
By Laura Finaldi, The Herald (Smithfield, N.C.) | |
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In 2012, 20 percent of
In
In June,
"It's less that people are unemployed and more that employers are not offering insurance at work," said Linker, co-director of the Justice Center's health-access coalition.
The long recession and slow recovery didn't help either, said Dr.
"The clinics are providing their care, and they can't get paid by insurance companies, and they're not getting a lot of money from low-income clients," he said. "They're really just providing a lot of free care and low-cost care. It's expensive for the department and for clinics."
Linker thinks the best way to insure more North Carolinians is to expand
Some people are eligible for
"We have a number of children who may be eligible for
Pearson thinks the number of insured Johnstonians will climb as more residents sign up for insurance through the Affordable Care Act. Through mid-April, 637 people had done so in
Under the Affordable Care Act, nearly 42 percent of nonelderly North Carolinians who are uninsured will be eligible for coverage, according to the Kaiser report. Expanding
"The ACA will help many currently uninsured North Carolinians gain health coverage, but many who could have obtained financial assistance through the
Pearson said she planned to follow ACA enrollment. "There have been more people applying for insurance through the marketplace exchange," she said. "It will be interesting to see the numbers in the next year or two, to see if more people are insured."
The Affordable Care Act provides insurance subsidies for households with incomes between 100 percent and 400 percent of the federal poverty level. In
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