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A profile of North Carolina’s low-wage uninsured workers
A profile of North Carolina’s low-wage uninsured workers
- Collection:
- Health Policy and Services Research
- Author(s):
- Alker, Joan, author
Corcoran, Alexandra, author - Contributor(s):
- Georgetown University. Center for Children and Families, issuing body.
- Publication:
- Washington, DC : Georgetown University Health Policy Institute, Center for Children and Families, April 2021
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- Medicaid
Medically Uninsured
Poverty
North Carolina
United States
United States. - Genre(s):
- Technical Report
- Abstract:
- The recently enacted American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARP) includes new large financial incentives for states to extend health insurance coverage to low-wage workers and other adults earning less than $17,775 a year. These incentives apply to regular spending in a state’s Medicaid program and offer a five percentage point across the board increase in the federal share for a 24 month period after the state extends coverage. The Kaiser Family Foundation estimates that North Carolina’s budget would see a net gain of $1.21 billion over a two-year period if the state expanded Medicaid. Approximately 372,400 uninsured nonelderly adults, or one-third of the state’s uninsured population, would gain health insurance. This fact sheet examines which workers and industries would benefit from expansion of Medicaid coverage. Industry sectors with the largest percentage of low-wage uninsured workers are hospitality, retail, and construction, accounting for 42 percent of those working without insurance (see Table 1). The most common jobs for low-wage, uninsured workers are cashiers, cooks, freight and stock laborers, waiters/waitresses, and nursing assistants (see Table 2).
- Copyright:
- Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY license. (More information)
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (1 PDF file (3 pages))
- Illustrations:
- Illustrations
- NLM Unique ID:
- 9918334386006676 (See catalog record)
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/9918334386006676