By: Chris Fitzsimon, NC Policy Watch
210 billion – amount the Affordable Care Act will reduce the federal deficit over the next ten years (Congressional Budget Office, presentation of Duke Health Systems CEO Dr. Victor Dzau, NC Spin Health Care Forum, March 20, 2011)
2,640 – average amount in dollars that families in North Carolina who make less than $100,000 a year will gain from tax credits for individuals and small business to purchase insurance when the Affordable Care Act is fully implemented in 2014 (“The new federal health law: Working, effective, affordable,” N.C Justice Center, February 22, 2012)
2.5 million – number of young adults who had gained health care coverage as of June 2011 because of provision in the Affordable Care Act that allows parents to keep children on their policy until age 26 (Two Years Later: The Benefits of the Affordable Care Act for North Carolina, HealthCare.gov)
75,201 – number of young adults in North Carolina who had gained health care coverage as of June 2011 because of provision in the Affordable Care Act. (Ibid)
114,012 – number of seniors in North Carolina on Medicare who received a $250 rebate under the Affordable Care Act to help cover the cost of their prescription drugs when they hit the donut hole in 2010. (Ibid)
108,198 – number of seniors in North Carolina on Medicare who received a 50 percent discount on their covered brand-name prescription drugs under the Affordable Care Act when they hit the donut hole in 2011.