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N.C. Health Care Reflects Big Picture, Pt.5 - Success is already moving forward.

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Previous… There tends to be much popular support for the Health Access Coalition of the N.C. Justice Center‘s health insurance plan. Director of WNC Community Health Services, Carlos Gomez is widely in favor of it. He states that it is, not only reasonable, but a good idea. He sides with the highly controversial standpoint that government does need to get involved if meaningful health insurance reform is to take place. But Mr. Gomez goes a step further that citizens need to start moving now, and not wait for the government. That’s the most effective way to get things moving. He favors more state-by-state experimentation with better health insurance system models right away. The Massachusetts model is a great start but, one is not enough.

Joe Damore, of Mission Hospitals, agrees and adds that more states need to step up with aggressive strategies to break away from the stagnant our nation situation is locked into because of the fear of change they tout to support. He believes that this is going to start happening. The plan’s project director, Adam Searing, assures us that chances of seeing this new state-level health insurance system are good. It’s already becoming an issue in the upcoming North Carolina gubernatorial race.

Three of the components of this health insurance reform proposal show very favorable promise of being accepted and implemented, according to Mr. Searing. Those three are:

1) Every child must be covered.

2) Small businesses must be subsidized and protected from health insurance providers jacking premium rates because of a pre-existing condition in the group.

3) Affordable, quality health insurance must be provided to parents whose children are eligible for Medicaid.