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Children in North Carolina are losing health insurance
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A new report by the Washington-based Economic Policy Institute shows North Carolina workers are losing employer-based health insurance at a greater rate than all but one other U.S. state. For children, the news is even worse: they're losing coverage faster than any other state's kids.The study, released Thursday, shows the state's families are about 150 percent more likely than the average American to have lost medical care offered through the workplace. For the seventh straight year, the share of people covered through work fell.
In North Carolina, the drop was especially precipitous, with 5.4 percent fewer people insured in 2007 than 2001. Only South Carolina saw employer-based health coverage plummet at a greater rate.
When health insurance coverage rates fall, preventive care falls as well, said Allison Jordan, director of Children First/Communities in Schools in Asheville and Buncombe County.
'It's inexcusable,' she said. 'It's a benefit both our children and their parents can't afford to lose.' Searing said the health care crisis is accelerating.
The downward trend in the rate of employer-sponsored health insurance continued for the seventh year in a row, according to the report, dropping from 68.3 percent in 2000 to 62.9 percent in 2007. More.
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