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DEMOGRAPHY
The Patient Protection and Percent of Population in North Carolina per Race / Ethnic Group 2
Affordable Care Act (ACA) was
enacted on March 23, 2010.
Successful implementation requires
cooperation between key 3.3
stakeholders, federal and state 7.4
agencies, and reform advocacy
organizations. Because the fifty White (Non Hispanic)
states vary greatly, each state’s 21.6 Black
implementation process will be 67.2 Hispanic
unique.
Other*
ACA is designed to address these concerns by providing affordable access to those individuals who
would otherwise be unable to obtain health insurance, and to extend current benefits and services
provided by Medicaid (a federal and state funded public insurance program that provides health
insurance coverage for low-income and disabled individuals and families).
NEW BENEFITS UNDER ACA: ITS EFFECT IN NORTH CAROLINA
Insurance ACA establishes new requirements for private health insurers in order to make health care
Coverage plans more accessible to the public. These requirements include the following:
Effective Immediately: Plans must cover certain preventive health services, such as
1
U.S. CENSUS BUREAU, STATE AND COUNTY QUICKFACTS (2010), available at http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/37000.html (last accessed
June 2010). These figures are from 2009.
2
Ibid. These figures are from 2008.
3
THE KAISER FAMILY FOUNDATION, statehealthfacts.org. Data Source: Urban Institute and Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured
estimates based on the Census Bureau's March 2008 and 2009 Current Population Survey (CPS: Annual Social and Economic
Supplements), available at http://www.statehealthfacts.org:/comparetable.jsp?ind=125&cat=3 (last accessed June 2010).
4
THE KAISER FAMILY FOUNDATION, statehealthfacts.org. Data Source: Urban Institute and Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured
estimates based on the Census Bureau's March 2008 and 2009 Current Population Survey (CPS: Annual Social and Economic
Supplements), available at http://www.statehealthfacts.org:/comparetable.jsp?ind=127&cat=3 (last accessed June 2010).
5
COVER THE UNINSURED, ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION, U.S. UNINSURED WORKERS, available at
http://covertheuninsured.org/uninsured_workers#map (last accessed June 2010). These figures are from 2006-2007.
6
Small businesses include employers with fewer than 50 employees.
7
U.S. DEP’T OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVS. MEDICAL EXPENDITURE PANEL SURVEY (2008), available at
http://www.meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/data_stats/summ_tables/insr/state/series_2/2008/ic08_iia_f.pdf (last accessed June 2010). These
figures are from 2008.
8
The federal poverty level for the 48 contiguous states is $10,830 for a single individual. ASSISTANT SEC'Y FOR PLANNING AND EVALUATION, U.S.
DEP’T OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVS. THE 2009 HHS POVERTY GUIDELINES (2010), available at http://aspe.hhs.gov/poverty/09poverty.shtml (last
accessed June 2010).
9
For more information, see inclusivehealth.org.
10
NAT'L CONFERENCE OF STATE LEGISLATURES, Coverage of High-Risk Uninsurables: State and Federal High-Risk Pools, (May 27, 2010), available at
http://www.ncsl.org/?tabid=14329#2010_Pools (last accessed June 2010).
11
CAROLINA J. ONLINE, North Carolina Seeks to Expand High-Risk Insurance Pool, (June 1, 2010), available at
http://www.carolinajournal.com/exclusives/display_exclusive.html?id=6470 (last accessed June 2010).
12
JOHN HOLAHAN & IRENE HEADEN, KAISER COMMISSION ON MEDICAID AND THE UNINSURED, MEDICAID COVERAGE AND SPENDING IN HEALTH REFORM: NATIONAL
AND STATE‐BY‐STATE RESULTS FOR ADULTS AT OR BELOW 133% FPL 41 (2010), available at http://www.kff.org/healthreform/upload/Medicaid-
Coverage-and-Spending-in-Health-Reform-National-and-State-By-State-Results-for-Adults-at-or-Below-133-FPL.pdf (last accessed June
2010).
13
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, Congress is Big Player for NC Budget Negotiations, June 6, 2010, available at http://www.reflector.com/state-
news/congress-big-player-nc-budget-negotiations-37507 (last accessed July 2010).