Affordable Care Act: The Carolinas story by the numbers
The Story
Sign up for the Affordable Care Act ended Sunday. Here’s how the final numbers looked:
559,473: Number of North Carolinians who renewed or bought health care policies.
Late surge boosted Affordable Care Act sign-ups in North Carolina: Not that we’re a nation of procrastinators, but… http://t.co/nbQCyXPq8W
— Charlotte BizJournal (@CBJnewsroom) February 19, 2015
56%: Increase over the number who signed up in 2014
77%: Increase in South Carolinas sign ups
92%: Those in NC who qualified for subsidies
144,163: Plans renewed or selected in the Charlotte region
Carolinians reactions
“Signing up one thing paying another.” – Todd Lisa Barber, CharlotteObserver.com commenter
“I love it when the hate-turds get on here with false info to try to bring this down. Fact is, more Americans than ever have healthcare, and we’ve joined the responsible-adult rest of the world in ensuring that all Americans have healthcare.” – Voice of Reason, CharlotteObserver.com commenter
One of the proposals in @MeckCounty is to support a provision of #Obamacare. Not sure Meck should wade into that.
— Bill James (@meckcommish) February 20, 2015
North Carolina man tells me he wouldn’t be alive of it weren’t for the Affordable Care Act. Says lawmakers opposing law should be ashamed.
— Jacqueline Fell (@jackiefell) January 28, 2015
C5’s Take
A few more numbers for you to consider: 11.4 million Americans signed up through the health exchange. Florida led the nation with 1.6 million. Here in NC, we are indeed a state that likes a deadline: 12% of NC’s signups came in the lastweek.
Photo: Lynne Sladky / AP
This story was originally published February 20, 2015 at 1:01 AM with the headline "Affordable Care Act: The Carolinas story by the numbers."