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iStatlstleal BHef Prepared by the State Center for Health Statistics For the Council on Health Policy Information August 1996 HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE OF NORTH CAROLINA CHILDREN - Recent Survey Estimates According to a recent telephone survey of North Carolina households, seven percent of the state 's population ages 0-17 had no health insurance during the entire year prior to the sun'ey. Although at variance with other (higher) estimates,' this percentage is similar to those obtained in recent telephone surveys conducted in Arkansas and Wiscon-sin (unpublished data). The data of this Briefare from the North Carolina Health Profile (NCHP) telephone survey conducted during the Fall of 1995. The NCHP wasfunded by The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Readers should be aware that all statistics are subject to the usual limitations of telephone sampling and respondent classification errors. Respon-dents were usually the children 's primary caregivers. Among its 1994 recommendations, health insurance reform was a top priority of the state's Health Planning Commission. The Commission 's specific recommendations for insurance reform fell into three areas: expanding Medicaid to cover more people with limited resources; reforming insurance laws to make health insurance coverage more affordable and portable: and establishing an on-going system of monitoring the numbers of uninsured.^ Figure 1 Private Insurance Covers About 7 in 10 Northi Carolina Children; Medicaid Covers 2 in 10 Percent o( childrer by insurance coverage during past year Source: North Carolina HeSm Profile. F=all 1995. Sources of Children's Health Insurance Figure 1 depicts the reported health insurance coverage of children during the year prior to the 1995 NCHP. Coverage could have been for only a short period, while "uninsured" applies to the entire past year. Thus, at any given point in time, many more than seven percent of children may have been without health coverage. The percentages by insurer add to more than 100 because some children had more than one type of insurance during the past year. Among the 70 percent of children with private insurance during the past year, 9 in 10 had insurance through a related household member's employer or union. Statistical Brief No. 2 iMiSi. N.C. Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources N.C. DOCUMENTS CLEARINGHOUSE SEP 20 1996 N.C. STATE LIBRARY RALEIGH
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Full Text | iStatlstleal BHef Prepared by the State Center for Health Statistics For the Council on Health Policy Information August 1996 HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE OF NORTH CAROLINA CHILDREN - Recent Survey Estimates According to a recent telephone survey of North Carolina households, seven percent of the state 's population ages 0-17 had no health insurance during the entire year prior to the sun'ey. Although at variance with other (higher) estimates,' this percentage is similar to those obtained in recent telephone surveys conducted in Arkansas and Wiscon-sin (unpublished data). The data of this Briefare from the North Carolina Health Profile (NCHP) telephone survey conducted during the Fall of 1995. The NCHP wasfunded by The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Readers should be aware that all statistics are subject to the usual limitations of telephone sampling and respondent classification errors. Respon-dents were usually the children 's primary caregivers. Among its 1994 recommendations, health insurance reform was a top priority of the state's Health Planning Commission. The Commission 's specific recommendations for insurance reform fell into three areas: expanding Medicaid to cover more people with limited resources; reforming insurance laws to make health insurance coverage more affordable and portable: and establishing an on-going system of monitoring the numbers of uninsured.^ Figure 1 Private Insurance Covers About 7 in 10 Northi Carolina Children; Medicaid Covers 2 in 10 Percent o( childrer by insurance coverage during past year Source: North Carolina HeSm Profile. F=all 1995. Sources of Children's Health Insurance Figure 1 depicts the reported health insurance coverage of children during the year prior to the 1995 NCHP. Coverage could have been for only a short period, while "uninsured" applies to the entire past year. Thus, at any given point in time, many more than seven percent of children may have been without health coverage. The percentages by insurer add to more than 100 because some children had more than one type of insurance during the past year. Among the 70 percent of children with private insurance during the past year, 9 in 10 had insurance through a related household member's employer or union. Statistical Brief No. 2 iMiSi. N.C. Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources N.C. DOCUMENTS CLEARINGHOUSE SEP 20 1996 N.C. STATE LIBRARY RALEIGH |