For North Carolina specifically:
How Many People With Medicare Saved Money on Prescription Drugs and How Much Did They Save Thanks to Health Reform?
108,198 people with a cumulative savings of $65,161,683
How Many People With Medicare Have Received Free Preventive Services Thanks to Health Reform?
1,161,976 people
How Many People’s Private Insurance Has Added Coverage of Preventive Services Without Cost Sharing Thanks to Health Reform?
1,564,000 people, consisting of 403,000 children and 1,161,000 adults
How Many People No Longer Have a Lifetime Limit on Their Health Insurance Plan Thanks to Health Reform?
3,091,000 people
How Many More Young Adults Have Gained Health Insurance Through Their Parent’s Plan Thanks to Health Reform?
75,201 people
How Many People are Protected by New Medical Loss Ratio (80/20) Rules Thanks to Health Reform?
2,157,000 people
How Many People have Gained Coverage through the Pre-existing Condition Insurance Plan Created by Health Reform?
2,889 people
How Much Has North Carolina Received to Fight Unreasonable Premium Increases Thanks to Health Reform?
$5,000,000
How Much Has North Carolina Received to Build Affordable Insurance Exchanges Thanks to Health Reform?
$13,396,019
How Much Has North Carolina Received to Improve Public Health Thanks to Health Reform?
$28,500,000
How Much Have Community Health Centers Received Thanks to Health Reform?
$45,400,000
For the past year, Amy Ward of West Des Moines, Iowa has been living through a medical emergency that sounds like a TV plotline. Months after returning from a vacation, she came down with a rare fungal infection – a disease that only a tiny fraction of the population contracts – and nearly died.
On her road to recovery, Amy’s had to be on ventilators and dialysis. She’s needed potent antifungal agents that cost up to $1,600 a dose. Her medical expenses quickly added up.
Without the Affordable Care Act, Amy and her husband may not have been able to afford all the care she needed to recover. Before the new health reform law, Amy’s health insurance policy had a lifetime dollar limit of $1 million. While it sounds like a lot, Amy’s expenses exceeded that amount within months.
Lifetime limits used to be common – in 2009, nearly 60 percent of employer-sponsored plans and 89 percent of individually purchased coverage had them.
Thanks to the Affordable Care Act, Amy is one of 105 million Americans – and nearly 1.2 million Iowans – with private health insurance who no longer will face lifetime limits on their care. You can read the Department of Health and Human Services’ latest research on the number of people who no longer have a lifetime limit on their insurance plan here.
This lifetime limit ban is just one of many new consumer protections created by the new law. Annual dollar limits on coverage are being phased out. And 54 million Americans received new coverage of prevention without cost sharing in 2011.
Today, the Obama Administration released a new source of data, Health Reform: Results in Your State, to show how the law’s benefits and protections are helping Americans across the country. To see how many people in your state are benefiting from the Affordable Care Act, click here (23.5KB XLSX file).
| Health Reform: Results in Your State | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Updated: March 5, 2012 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| How Many People With Medicare Saved Money on Prescription Drugs and How Much Did They Save Thanks to Health Reform? /1 | How Many People With Medicare Have Received Free Preventive Services Thanks to Health Reform? /2 | How Many People’s Private Insurance Has Added Coverage of Preventive Services Without Cost Sharing Thanks to Health Reform? /3 | How Many People No Longer Have a Lifetime Limit on Their Health Insurance Plan Thanks to Health Reform? /4 | How Many More Young Adults Have Gained Health Insurance Through Their Parent’s Plan Thanks to Health Reform? /5 | How Many People are Protected by New Medical Loss Ratio (80/20) Rules Thanks to Health Reform? /6 | How Many People have Gained Coverage through the Pre-existing Condition Insurance Plan Created by Health Reform? /7 | How Much Have States Received to Fight Unreasonable Premium Increases Thanks to Health Reform? /8 | How Much Have States Received to Build Affordable Insurance Exchanges Thanks to Health Reform? /9 | How Much Have States Received to Improve Public Health Thanks to Health Reform? /10 | How Much Have Community Health Centers Received Thanks to Health Reform? /11 | |||||||||||
| Time Period: | 2011 | 2011 | 2011 | 2011 | 2011 | 2011 | 2011 | 2011 | 2011 | 2011 | 2011 | 2011 | 2011 | 2011 | 2011 | 2011 | As of 12/31/11 | 2010-2011 | 2010-2012 | 2010-2012 | 2010-2012 |
| Updated: | 2/2/2012 | 2/2/2012 | 2/2/2012 | 2/2/2012 | 2/15/2012 | 3/5/2012 | 3/5/2012 | 2/15/2012 | 2/15/2012 | 2/15/2012 | 2/15/2012 | 3/5/2012 | 3/5/2012 | 3/5/2012 | 12/14/2011 | 3/5/2012 | 2/23/2012 | 9/20/2011 | 2/22/2012 | 3/5/2012 | 3/5/2012 |
| State | Total # People* | Male* | Female* | Cumulative Savings | Total # People* | Male* | Female* | Total # People | Children | Male | Female | Total # People | Men | Women | Total # People | Total # People | Total # People | Total Dollars | Total Dollars | Total Dollars | Total Dollars |
| TOTAL | 3,489,077 | 1,491,681 | 1,997,396 | $2,111,247,499 | 32,501,561 | 13,313,609 | 19,187,946 | 54,004,000 | 14,075,000 | 19,499,000 | 20,424,000 | 105,164,000 | 37,803,000 | 39,534,000 | 2,500,003 | 76,180,000 | 48,879 | $152,100,000 | $925,500,256 | $1,197,700,000 | $1,653,800,000 |
| North Carolina | 108,198 | 48,304 | 59,894 | $65,161,683 | 1,161,976 | 470,949 | 691,026 | 1,564,000 | 403,000 | 561,000 | 600,000 | 3,091,000 | 1,101,000 | 1,186,000 | 75,201 | 2,157,000 | 2,889 | $5,000,000 | $13,396,019 | $28,500,000 | $45,400,000 |
| North Dakota | 9,983 | 4,102 | 5,881 | $5,915,547 | 75,207 | 30,836 | 44,370 | 130,000 | 33,000 | 48,000 | 49,000 | 253,000 | 94,000 | 93,000 | 3,593 | 216,000 | 32 | $1,000,000 | $1,000,000 | $1,800,000 | $1,700,000 |
| Ohio | 185,014 | 78,711 | 106,303 | $94,798,047 | 1,203,274 | 497,413 | 705,861 | 2,138,000 | 559,000 | 782,000 | 797,000 | 4,154,000 | 1,512,000 | 1,542,000 | 81,922 | 3,058,000 | 2,137 | $5,100,000 | $1,000,000 | $15,200,000 | $41,500,000 |
| Oklahoma | 54,173 | 22,706 | 31,467 | $28,461,930 | 420,097 | 170,146 | 249,951 | 616,000 | 160,000 | 220,000 | 236,000 | 1,197,000 | 430,000 | 450,000 | 37,262 | 855,000 | 576 | ####### | $54,582,269 | $12,200,000 | $16,500,000 |
| Oregon | 44,877 | 18,792 | 26,085 | $23,505,132 | 388,823 | 159,974 | 228,849 | 692,000 | 171,000 | 248,000 | 273,000 | 1,356,000 | 485,000 | 529,000 | 34,532 | 1,084,000 | 1,187 | $5,000,000 | $58,065,907 | $10,600,000 | $50,000,000 |
| Pennsylvania | 235,820 | 94,727 | 141,093 | $156,108,903 | 1,509,076 | 603,176 | 905,899 | 2,363,000 | 580,000 | 869,000 | 915,000 | 4,582,000 | 1,677,000 | 1,769,000 | 64,798 | 3,421,000 | 4,567 | $5,300,000 | $34,832,212 | $28,300,000 | $26,800,000 |
| Rhode Island | 14,822 | 6,149 | 8,673 | $8,217,475 | 128,390 | 50,245 | 78,145 | 195,000 | 46,000 | 72,000 | 76,000 | 374,000 | 138,000 | 147,000 | 7,573 | 273,000 | 136 | $4,700,000 | $64,756,539 | $3,700,000 | $10,600,000 |
| South Carolina | 53,081 | 22,851 | 30,230 | $32,646,527 | 602,760 | 245,097 | 357,663 | 755,000 | 201,000 | 258,000 | 296,000 | 1,458,000 | 495,000 | 566,000 | 30,376 | 1,037,000 | 948 | $1,000,000 | $1,000,000 | $17,300,000 | $20,000,000 |
| South Dakota | 10,923 | 4,396 | 6,527 | $6,732,077 | 96,351 | 38,922 | 57,430 | 151,000 | 41,000 | 54,000 | 56,000 | 295,000 | 104,000 | 109,000 | 5,088 | 252,000 | 153 | $4,000,000 | $1,000,000 | $2,000,000 | $4,000,000 |
| Tennessee | 82,841 | 36,032 | 46,809 | $48,901,634 | 797,368 | 328,222 | 469,146 | 1,044,000 | 263,000 | 380,000 | 401,000 | 2,042,000 | 744,000 | 775,000 | 51,684 | 1,460,000 | 878 | $5,000,000 | $4,810,165 | $13,400,000 | $42,100,000 |
| Texas | 210,763 | 92,566 | 118,197 | $134,754,191 | 2,208,969 | 904,798 | 1,304,171 | 3,836,000 | 1,049,000 | 1,366,000 | 1,421,000 | 7,536,000 | 2,671,000 | 2,771,000 | 300,731 | 5,003,000 | 4,029 | $1,000,000 | $1,000,000 | $37,000,000 | $78,000,000 |
| Utah | 21,016 | 8,942 | 12,074 | $12,371,267 | 185,608 | 78,067 | 107,540 | 605,000 | 207,000 | 198,000 | 199,000 | 1,183,000 | 385,000 | 387,000 | 21,247 | 876,000 | 696 | $4,300,000 | $1,000,000 | $8,300,000 | $10,200,000 |
| Vermont | 6,795 | 3,045 | 3,750 | $4,849,624 | 81,649 | 33,940 | 47,709 | 115,000 | 24,000 | 44,000 | 47,000 | 215,000 | 82,000 | 87,000 | 4,287 | 180,000 | 0 | $4,800,000 | $19,090,369 | $5,500,000 | $8,100,000 |
| Virginia | 81,535 | 35,237 | 46,298 | $48,949,685 | 837,645 | 343,460 | 494,185 | 1,519,000 | 410,000 | 533,000 | 576,000 | 2,974,000 | 1,036,000 | 1,121,000 | 62,846 | 2,024,000 | 982 | $1,000,000 | $1,000,000 | $15,900,000 | $48,600,000 |
| Washington | 60,209 | 26,590 | 33,619 | $35,999,334 | 653,723 | 275,921 | 377,802 | 1,239,000 | 293,000 | 463,000 | 483,000 | 2,427,000 | 910,000 | 937,000 | 52,186 | 1,788,000 | 708 | $1,000,000 | $23,938,956 | $19,100,000 | $59,000,000 |
| West Virginia | 36,036 | 16,123 | 19,913 | $23,543,921 | 236,654 | 100,620 | 136,034 | 300,000 | 75,000 | 112,000 | 113,000 | 581,000 | 215,000 | 219,000 | 16,232 | 352,000 | 76 | $4,000,000 | $10,667,694 | $10,000,000 | $32,000,000 |
| Wisconsin | 59,345 | 26,675 | 32,670 | $37,919,307 | 647,617 | 267,082 | 380,535 | 1,111,000 | 295,000 | 403,000 | 413,000 | 2,142,000 | 771,000 | 791,000 | 27,511 | 1,536,000 | 1,000 | $5,000,000 | $38,757,139 | $18,600,000 | $13,800,000 |
| Wyoming | 5,540 | 2,278 | 3,262 | $3,550,375 | 48,673 | 19,382 | 29,291 | 102,000 | 28,000 | 38,000 | 36,000 | 196,000 | 73,000 | 69,000 | 5,481 | 152,000 | 137 | ####### | $800,000 | $2,300,000 | $13,700,000 |
| *These numbers do not include Medicare beneficiaries in territories; previously published totals include these beneficiaries. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| SOURCES: For a complete description of the sources of these data, see Health Reform: Results in Your State: Sources and Methodologies | |||||||||||||||||||||
| /1 Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, US DHHS | |||||||||||||||||||||
| /2 Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, US DHHS | |||||||||||||||||||||
| /3 Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, US DHHS | |||||||||||||||||||||
| /4 Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, US DHHS | |||||||||||||||||||||
| /5 Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, US DHHS | |||||||||||||||||||||
| /6 Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, US DHHS | |||||||||||||||||||||
| /7 Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight, US DHHS | |||||||||||||||||||||
| /8 Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight, US DHHS | |||||||||||||||||||||
| /9 Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight, US DHHS. Includes awards that some States have indicated they will not use. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| /10 Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources, US DHHS | |||||||||||||||||||||
| / 11 Health Resources and Services Administration, US DHHS | |||||||||||||||||||||