Promote recruitment and retention of additional medical personnel.
Percent of persons without health insurance
Current Value
16Percent Uninsured
Definition
County Health Rankings & Roadmaps (CHR&R) is a program of the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute.
The CHR&R program provides data, evidence, guidance, and examples to build awareness of the multiple factors that influence health and support leaders in growing community power to improve health equity.
Story Behind the Measure
Uninsured is the percentage of the population under age 65 without health insurance coverage. A person is uninsured if they are currently not covered by insurance through a current/former employer or union, purchased from an insurance company, Medicare, Medicaid, Medical Assistance, any kind of government-assistance plan for those with low incomes or disability, TRICARE or other military health care, Indian Health Services, VA, or any other health insurance or health coverage plan. Uninsured measure is based on one year of survey data and is created using complex statistical modeling by The Small Area Health Insurance Estimates. Modeling generates more stable estimates for places with small numbers of residents or populations.
What Works to Do Better (Performance)?
What's Helping What We Do?
- Affortable Care Act
- Labor shortage and more positions offering health benefits
- Possible MEDICAID expansion in North Carolina. On February 16, 2023, North Carolina's House passed legislation that would direct the state to expand Medicaid by January 2024.
What's Hurting What We Do? .
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Coverge not affordable
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Rising health care costs
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Lost employment
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Not eligible for coverage
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Signing up difficult and confusing
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Low wage service sector employments without health benefits
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