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Adult
Health Insurance
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Increase
the proportion of persons with health insurance.
Target:
100 percent of adults 18 years and older will have insurance coverage.
Baseline, 1995-1999: 9.2 percent adults 18 years and
older report having no health insurance within the last 12 months.
Target Setting Method: Universal coverage.
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Access to Health
Care - Adult Health Insurance
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North Carolina has a rich history of creating solutions
to providing health care for its residents. In 1944, the North Carolina
Medical Society recognized the need for expanded health care facilities
and personnel as well as personal health insurance. As a result of
these efforts, North Carolina has invested large sums of money in
the components of our health care system. At present this investment
is some $23 billion a year. These investments have made possible an
outstanding health care system. In 1944, the North Carolina Hospital
and Medical Care Commission determined " … the equal right
of every person born on earth to access medical care and hospital
care whenever and wherever he battles against Disease and Death."
Today, there are still more than a million
of North Carolinians who cannot access the health care system due
to their inability to pay. In recent years the number of uninsured
has been increasing. Many of these uninsured people make too much
money to qualify for Medicaid or they make too little to afford
private health insurance. Access to health care for this group of
North Carolinians is severely limited because their resources are
minimal and their choices are limited. Access to health care is
critical to eliminating disparities in health status among North
Carolinians. To fully realize the potential of prevention, each
resident must have access to clinical preventive care, primary care,
emergency services, dental services, medicines, long-term care,
and rehabilitative services.
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Disparities
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The population ages 19 to 65 years has no
publicly funded health care coverage. Their health care insurance
is dependent on their employment status or financial well-being. Of
this population, Hispanic/Latinos have the highest uninsured rate.
Unemployed or part-time workers and families that no longer qualify
for welfare support also lack health insurance. People who live in
rural areas often experience a shortage of health care providers or
lack of facilities to provide health care. |
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Determinants/Risk
Factors
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Unemployed, under-employed, or part-time
work; No college education; Very poor; Lack of transportation; Un-affordability
of insurance plans; Language barriers |
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NC
Data
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to Health Care- Adult Health Insurance |
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