{"id":5709,"date":"2015-04-03T13:24:19","date_gmt":"2015-04-03T17:24:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/?p=5709"},"modified":"2015-03-25T13:24:39","modified_gmt":"2015-03-25T17:24:39","slug":"blue-is-for-carolina-nc-among-states-with-highest-rates-of-uninsured","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/2015\/04\/blue-is-for-carolina-nc-among-states-with-highest-rates-of-uninsured\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue is for Carolina – NC Among States with Highest Rates of Uninsured"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Bodie<\/a>Despite the current Administration’s push to make health insurance a top priority, according to a recent Gallup Poll study, North Carolina ranks among the states that still have the greatest population of uninsured residents. In fact, NC had an uninsured rate of 16.1 percent in 2014, ranking it among the top five states in the nation with the greatest amount of residents who still have no health insurance.\u00a0 Although many residents in 2014 did take advantage of the Affordable Care Act, purchasing subsidized health plans<\/a> through the federal Marketplace, a large portion of the population did not.<\/p>\n

Changes in the law regarding health insurance as well as changes in state programs such as Medicaid have created quite a stir in the last few months and left many North Carolina residents scratching their heads wondering what to do.\u00a0 Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina is committed to helping residents of NC obtain quality, cost efficient health coverage<\/a> both on and off the federal Marketplace.\u00a0 In fact, every Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina health plan is ACA (Affordable Care Act) approved and offers the 10 essential benefits<\/a> required under the law.\u00a0 In addition, BCBSNC has a wide variety of health plans available on the Exchange for members who qualify for a federal subsidy.\u00a0 Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina has an uncontested presence in the state, providing accessible networks in all 100 counties in NC.\u00a0 Furthermore, unlike other insurance companies offering subsidized plans on the Marketplace, BCBSNC plans are not HMO’s, meaning you will still have coverage even if you happen to go out of network.<\/p>\n

With or without the law and the tax penalties associated with being uninsured<\/a> under the Affordable Care Act, living without health insurance is never a good idea.\u00a0 Life happens and even the healthiest and most cautious among us can’t control the unexpected.\u00a0 BCBSNC wants to make sure the residents of North Carolina are covered for routine preventive care and also in case of medical emergency.\u00a0 Experience the benefits of being a Blue Cross Blue Shield of NC member and help make North Carolina among the nation’s leaders in insured residents.<\/p>\n

For more information on Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina health insurance coverage, the Marketplace and healthcare gov<\/a>\u00a0 to apply for your subsidy, please visit our website at www.nchealthplans.com<\/a> or call our toll free number 888-765-5400 and speak with one of our experienced and professional agents.\u00a0 Let us help you navigate through the Health Care Reform changes in accordance with the new regulations of The Affordable Care Act, also known as Obama care<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Despite the current Administration’s push to make health insurance a top priority, according to a recent Gallup Poll study, North Carolina ranks among the states that still have the greatest population of uninsured residents. In fact, NC had an uninsured rate of 16.1 percent in 2014, ranking it among the top five states in the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560,14],"tags":[539,415,688,596],"class_list":["post-5709","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-affordable-care-act-aca","category-bcbsnc-insurance","tag-aca","tag-blue-cross-blue-shield-nc","tag-federal-subsidy","tag-obamacare"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5709","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5709"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5709\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5716,"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5709\/revisions\/5716"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5709"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5709"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5709"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}