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To: Sen. Danny Britt, Jr., Rep. Brenden Jones, Rep. Carson Smith
Healthcare Access in North Carolina
It's time to pass Gov. Roy Cooper's budget expanding Medicaid in North Carolina. It should be obvious in light of the current COVID-19 pandemic that access to healthcare is crucial to all of their constituents. It may be easy and politically expedient to ignore the health needs of individuals faced with the choice of meeting their daily needs for themselves and their families; providing safe housing and food or getting needed preventive healthcare on a tight budget. It's going to be much more difficult to ignore the need for healthcare for everyone in the face of a highly contagious virus sweeping the globe. Make no mistake, rural Southeastern North Carolina will not be spared. Expansion of healthcare is long overdue in North Carolina as well as the United States. Not only should we support Medicaid expansion in North Carolina; our legislature should be exploring innovative solutions to make sure that no North Carolinian ever has to do without healthcare.
Why is this important?
According to the latest figures from the United States Census:
Columbus County has 7,712 uninsured. 13.3%
Robeson County has 20,016 uninsured. 15%
Pender County has 6,669 uninsured. 11.3%
Bladen County has 4,728 uninsured. 14%
Expansion of Medicaid alone will not only help more people get access to affordable health care, it can serve promote economic development and job creation across the state according to The Cone Health Foundation.
Columbus County: 232 more jobs, 4,019 more insured, $31.3 Million in economic growth, $406.5 Thousand in increased county tax revenue.
Robeson County: 616 more jobs, 13,747 more insured, $97.8 Million in economic growth, $1,401.2 Thousand in increased county tax revenue.
Bladen County: 62 more jobs, 3,034 more insured, $10.8 Million in economic growth, $127.6 Thousand in increased county tax revenue.
Pender County: 114 more jobs, 3,682 more insured, $21.4 Million in economic growth, $377.6 Thousand in increased county tax revenue.
https://www.conehealthfoundation.com/foundation/nc-medicaid-expansion-update/
Columbus County has 7,712 uninsured. 13.3%
Robeson County has 20,016 uninsured. 15%
Pender County has 6,669 uninsured. 11.3%
Bladen County has 4,728 uninsured. 14%
Expansion of Medicaid alone will not only help more people get access to affordable health care, it can serve promote economic development and job creation across the state according to The Cone Health Foundation.
Columbus County: 232 more jobs, 4,019 more insured, $31.3 Million in economic growth, $406.5 Thousand in increased county tax revenue.
Robeson County: 616 more jobs, 13,747 more insured, $97.8 Million in economic growth, $1,401.2 Thousand in increased county tax revenue.
Bladen County: 62 more jobs, 3,034 more insured, $10.8 Million in economic growth, $127.6 Thousand in increased county tax revenue.
Pender County: 114 more jobs, 3,682 more insured, $21.4 Million in economic growth, $377.6 Thousand in increased county tax revenue.
https://www.conehealthfoundation.com/foundation/nc-medicaid-expansion-update/