WEBVTT 00:05.333 --> 00:06.266 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% 40TH STATE TO EXPAND MEDICAID 00:06.266 --> 00:08.766 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% UNDER THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT. 00:08.766 --> 00:11.233 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% THE BIPARTISAN EXPANSION, SIGNED 00:11.233 --> 00:12.966 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% INTO LAW LAST MONTH, COMES AFTER 00:12.966 --> 00:16.733 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% A DECADE OF REPUBLICAN 00:16.733 --> 00:18.300 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% RESISTANCE IN THE STATE. 00:18.300 --> 00:19.233 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% AS JOHN YANG REPORTS, IT WILL BE 00:19.233 --> 00:20.166 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% LIFE CHANGING FOR SOME UNINSURED 00:20.166 --> 00:20.966 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% NORTH CAROLINIANS AND THEIR 00:20.966 --> 00:23.266 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% PROVIDERS, BUT NOT ALL. 00:23.266 --> 00:25.566 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% JOHN: TUCKED AWAY IN A SHOPPING 00:25.566 --> 00:27.400 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% CENTER ON WINSTON-SALEM'S 00:27.400 --> 00:29.866 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% SOUTHWEST SIDE, NONPROFIT UNITED 00:29.866 --> 00:30.666 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% HEALTH CENTERS IS A LIFELINE FOR 00:30.666 --> 00:32.633 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% ITS PATIENTS. 00:32.633 --> 00:33.933 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% >> SO WE HAVE ABOUT 10 EXAM 00:33.933 --> 00:35.133 align:left position:40% line:89% size:50% ROOMS. 00:35.133 --> 00:36.800 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% JOHN: PEDIATRICIAN VERONICA 00:36.800 --> 00:38.933 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% WILTSHIRE, THE CENTER'S CHIEF 00:38.933 --> 00:43.900 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% MEDICAL OFFICER, SAYS ACROSS 00:44.900 --> 00:45.666 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% THREE LOCATIONS IT SERVES 6000 00:45.666 --> 00:46.866 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% PATIENTS. 00:46.866 --> 00:47.533 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% MOST ARE BLACK, HISPANIC, OR 00:47.533 --> 00:48.500 align:left position:40% line:89% size:50% LATINO. 00:48.500 --> 00:49.466 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% THE NEARLY 80% OF PATIENTS WHO 00:49.466 --> 00:50.166 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% DON'T HAVE INSURANCE PAY ON A 00:50.166 --> 00:52.266 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% SLIDING SCALE. 00:52.266 --> 00:54.766 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% IN ONE PLACE, PATIENTS CAN SEE A 00:54.766 --> 00:56.766 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% DOCTOR, GET PRESCRIPTIONS 00:56.766 --> 00:59.533 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% FILLED, AND RECEIVE DENTAL CARE. 00:59.533 --> 01:00.533 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% THEY CAN EVEN ENROLL IN 01:00.533 --> 01:01.466 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% MEDICAID, THE FEDERAL AND STATE 01:01.466 --> 01:02.866 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM FOR 01:02.866 --> 01:04.333 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% THOSE WITH LOW INCOMES. 01:04.333 --> 01:07.200 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% >> OUR PATIENT POPULATION, IT'S 01:07.200 --> 01:08.133 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% ALL ABOUT EASY ACCESS. 01:08.133 --> 01:09.300 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% SO IF WE CAN PREVENT THEM FROM 01:09.300 --> 01:12.000 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% GOING ONE OTHER PLACE, BECAUSE A 01:12.000 --> 01:13.366 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% LOT OF THEM HAVE TO TAKE A BUS. 01:13.366 --> 01:14.466 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% JOHN: ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE HAS 01:14.466 --> 01:18.566 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% BEEN A CHALLENGE FOR LOW-INCOME 01:18.566 --> 01:19.366 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% RESIDENTS OF NORTH CAROLINA, ONE 01:19.366 --> 01:20.300 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% OF 11 STATES THAT HADN'T 01:20.300 --> 01:21.500 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% EXPANDED MEDICAID COVERAGE UNDER 01:21.500 --> 01:22.300 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT, UNTIL 01:22.300 --> 01:24.900 align:left position:40% line:89% size:50% NOW. 01:24.900 --> 01:26.400 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% LAST MONTH, GOVERNOR ROY COOPER, 01:26.400 --> 01:27.766 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% A DEMOCRAT, SIGNED A BILL PASSED 01:27.766 --> 01:28.933 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% BY THE REPUBLICAN-ONTROLLED 01:28.933 --> 01:32.733 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% LEGISLATURE EXPANDING MEDICAID 01:32.733 --> 01:34.066 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% ACCESS IN THE STATE. 01:34.066 --> 01:36.133 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% >> WE HAVE A MEDICAID EXPANSION 01:36.133 --> 01:37.166 align:left position:40% line:89% size:50% BILL. 01:37.166 --> 01:38.400 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% JOHN: WHEN IT'S IMPLEMENTED, THE 01:38.400 --> 01:40.066 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% PROGRAM WILL BE OPEN TO FAMILIES 01:40.066 --> 01:44.133 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% AND INDIVIDUALS WHOSE INCOMES 01:44.133 --> 01:45.800 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% ARE LOWER THAN 138% OF THE 01:45.800 --> 01:46.766 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% FEDERAL POVERTY LINE, ABOUT 01:46.766 --> 01:51.533 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% $20,000 FOR AN INDIVIDUAL. 01:52.433 --> 01:53.400 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% BEFORE EXPANSION, MOST ADULTS 01:53.400 --> 01:54.366 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% WITHOUT CHILDREN OR A DISABILITY 01:54.366 --> 01:55.333 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% WEREN'T ELIGIBLE AT ALL, NO 01:55.333 --> 01:56.300 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% MATTER HOW LOW THEIR INCOME. 01:56.300 --> 01:58.300 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% >> PATIENTS ARE GOING TO BE ABLE 01:58.300 --> 01:59.600 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% TO COME TO SEE THEIR DOCTORS 01:59.600 --> 02:00.466 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% WITHOUT HAVING TO WORRY ABOUT 02:00.466 --> 02:02.900 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% HEALTH CARE COSTS. 02:02.900 --> 02:04.266 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% A LOT OF TIMES IN THE POPULATION 02:04.266 --> 02:05.900 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% OF PATIENTS WE SERVE, IT'S 02:05.900 --> 02:10.900 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% EITHER, SHOULD I BUY FOOD FOR MY 02:15.066 --> 02:16.000 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% FAMILY, SHOULD I PAY MY RENT, OR 02:16.000 --> 02:17.266 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% SHOULD I BUY THE MEDICATION? 02:17.266 --> 02:18.366 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% JOHN: IT'S A DILEMMA UHC PATIENT 02:18.366 --> 02:19.900 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% TWAKEENA SIMMONS, A NURSING 02:19.900 --> 02:20.833 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% ASSISTANT, KNOWS ALL TOO WELL. 02:20.833 --> 02:21.766 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% HER EMPLOYER-PROVIDED HEALTH 02:21.766 --> 02:23.566 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% INSURANCE IS INADEQUATE, BUT 02:23.566 --> 02:24.366 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% SHE'LL QUALIFY FOR MEDICAID 02:24.366 --> 02:26.100 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% UNDER THE EXPANSION. 02:26.100 --> 02:28.200 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% >> THE DENTIST, YOU KNOW, 02:28.200 --> 02:30.033 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% THEY'RE KINDA PRICEY, AND THEN 02:30.033 --> 02:30.966 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% THE DOCTOR, PRICEY. 02:30.966 --> 02:33.366 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% MEDICINE, DEFINITELY PRICEY. 02:33.366 --> 02:36.633 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% JOHN: AND CLINICS LIKE UHC WILL 02:36.633 --> 02:37.566 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% BENEFIT, TOO. 02:37.566 --> 02:38.500 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% IN ALL, THE EXPANSION, AND A 02:38.500 --> 02:40.733 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% ONE-TIME FEDERAL BONUS, IS 02:40.733 --> 02:41.666 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% EXPECTED TO BRING IN $8 BILLION 02:41.666 --> 02:43.666 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% A YEAR FOR THE STATE'S HEALTH 02:43.666 --> 02:44.733 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% CARE PROVIDERS. 02:44.733 --> 02:45.666 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% THE STATE GOVERNMENT'S 02:45.666 --> 02:48.300 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% CONTRIBUTION TO THE COST OF 02:48.300 --> 02:49.266 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% EXPANDED COVERAGE WILL COME FROM 02:49.266 --> 02:52.566 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% HOSPITALS, NOT TAXPAYERS. 02:52.566 --> 02:54.733 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% >> HELLO, HELLO, HELLO. 02:54.733 --> 02:56.133 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% JOHN: JUST DAYS AFTER THE BILL 02:56.133 --> 02:57.100 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% WAS SIGNED, DOCTOR WILTSHIRE WAS 02:57.100 --> 02:57.833 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% PART OF AN ADVOCACY DAY AT THE 02:57.833 --> 03:00.366 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% STATE'S CAPITOL. 03:00.366 --> 03:02.900 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% >> CAN I PLEASE GIVE YOU A HUG? 03:02.900 --> 03:04.233 align:left position:40% line:89% size:50% >> SURE. 03:04.233 --> 03:09.233 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% I LOVE HUGS. 03:09.966 --> 03:11.533 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% JOHN: THE KEY MESSAGE TO 03:11.533 --> 03:12.466 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% LAWMAKERS? 03:12.466 --> 03:13.400 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% THANK YOU. 03:13.400 --> 03:14.333 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% >> I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN WORKING ON 03:14.333 --> 03:15.266 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% THIS FOR MANY, MANY, MANY YEARS. 03:15.266 --> 03:16.633 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% JOHN: STATE REPRESENTATIVE DONNY 03:16.633 --> 03:17.300 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% LAMBETH IS A FORMER HOSPITAL 03:17.300 --> 03:18.233 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% EXECUTIVE. 03:18.233 --> 03:19.166 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% SINCE 2017, HE'D BEEN TRYING TO 03:19.166 --> 03:20.100 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% GET HIS FELLOW REPUBLICANS, WHO 03:20.100 --> 03:21.033 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% CONTROLLED BOTH LEGISLATIVE 03:21.033 --> 03:21.700 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% CHAMBERS ALL THOSE YEARS, TO 03:21.700 --> 03:24.100 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% PASS EXPANSION. 03:24.100 --> 03:26.100 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% >> EARLY ON PEOPLE JUST DID NOT 03:26.100 --> 03:27.033 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% UNDERSTAND IT. 03:27.033 --> 03:28.066 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% WE ALSO HAD CHANGES IN ATTITUDE 03:28.066 --> 03:28.800 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% TOWARDS OBAMACARE AND MEDICAL 03:28.800 --> 03:29.733 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% EXPANSION. 03:29.733 --> 03:32.100 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% JOHN: SO IT WAS AN EDUCATION 03:32.100 --> 03:33.033 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% PROCESS TO GET YOUR FROM THE 03:33.033 --> 03:33.700 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% REPUBLICANS ON YOUR SIDE? 03:33.700 --> 03:36.666 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% >> EXACTLY. 03:36.666 --> 03:37.600 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% WHEN YOU FIRST TALK ABOUT 03:37.600 --> 03:39.633 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% EXPANSION IT IS LIKE -- AND THIS 03:39.633 --> 03:41.000 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% IS WHAT THEY SAID TO ME -- OH 03:41.000 --> 03:44.500 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% NO, WE'RE EXPANDING ANOTHER 03:44.500 --> 03:45.433 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% GOVERNMENT ENTITLE PROGRAM. 03:45.433 --> 03:47.933 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% BUT THIS DOES NOT COST THE STATE 03:47.933 --> 03:48.900 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% ANY MONEY. 03:48.900 --> 03:50.033 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% JOHN: AND SOME REPUBLICAN 03:50.033 --> 03:51.033 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% LAWMAKERS SAY THEY WERE WERE 03:51.033 --> 03:51.966 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% PERSUADED TO VOTE FOR EXPANSION 03:51.966 --> 03:52.900 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% BECAUSE MOST OF THOSE WHO WILL 03:52.900 --> 03:56.066 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% GAIN COVERAGE ARE EMPLOYED. 03:56.066 --> 03:58.233 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% LIKE EVITA BASS, WHO WORKS IN 03:58.233 --> 04:00.100 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% CHILD CARE IN HILLSBOROUGH AND 04:00.100 --> 04:00.933 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% DIDN'T QUALIFY FOR MEDICAID 04:00.933 --> 04:02.400 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% UNDER THE OLD RULES. 04:02.400 --> 04:04.133 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% YOU'RE AN ASSISTANT DIRECTOR 04:04.133 --> 04:04.666 align:left position:40% line:89% size:50% HERE? 04:04.666 --> 04:07.300 align:left position:40% line:89% size:50% >> I AM. 04:07.300 --> 04:07.866 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% JOHN: WORK FULL TIME? 04:07.866 --> 04:08.800 align:left position:40% line:89% size:50% >> I DO. 04:08.800 --> 04:09.600 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% JOHN: BUT NO HEALTH INSURANCE. 04:09.600 --> 04:10.766 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% >> NO HEALTH INSURANCE. 04:10.766 --> 04:13.200 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% JOHN: ARE YOU CONSTANTLY WORRIED 04:13.200 --> 04:13.933 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% ABOUT, WHAT HAPPENS IF I GET 04:13.933 --> 04:14.866 align:left position:40% line:89% size:50% SICK? 04:14.866 --> 04:16.166 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% WHAT HAPPENS IF I HAVE AN 04:16.166 --> 04:17.100 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% ACCIDENT? 04:17.100 --> 04:20.866 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% >> YES, IT IS A CONSTANT WORRY. 04:20.866 --> 04:21.800 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% LIFE FOR ME, WHEN I WAS GROWING 04:21.800 --> 04:22.733 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% UP, MY MOM ALWAYS PREACHED ABOUT 04:22.733 --> 04:23.666 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% GOING TO YOUR ANNUAL VISITS, 04:23.666 --> 04:24.733 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% MAKING SURE THAT YOU GET CHECKED 04:24.733 --> 04:25.900 align:left position:40% line:89% size:50% OUT. 04:25.900 --> 04:26.833 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% AND WORKING IN DAYCARE, YOU CAN 04:26.833 --> 04:31.633 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% PROBABLY IMAGINE WE COME ACROSS 04:32.500 --> 04:33.433 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% A LOT OF GERMS, SO IT'S VERY 04:33.433 --> 04:34.366 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% HARD TO KEEP YOURSELF UP THERE. 04:34.366 --> 04:35.300 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% BUT I DO WHAT I HAVE TO DO SO I 04:35.300 --> 04:36.233 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% DON'T HAVE THAT DOCTOR BILL. 04:36.233 --> 04:37.366 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% JOHN: LAST YEAR, BASS, WHO IS 04:37.366 --> 04:38.600 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% 30, HAD EMERGENCY SURGERY THAT 04:38.600 --> 04:40.866 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% LEFT HER OUT OF WORK FOR A 04:40.866 --> 04:43.266 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% MONTH, AND STUCK WITH MORE THAN 04:43.266 --> 04:48.266 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% $36,000 IN DEBT, AN EXPENSE 04:49.133 --> 04:50.066 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% MEDICAID WOULD HAVE HELPED PAY. 04:50.066 --> 04:51.000 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% >> ONE THING I'VE ALWAYS LIVE 04:51.000 --> 04:51.933 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% BY, BETTER LATE THAN NEVER. 04:51.933 --> 04:52.600 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% YOU KIND OF JUST GOTTA ROLL WITH 04:52.600 --> 04:55.700 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% THE PUNCHES. 04:55.700 --> 04:56.633 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% GRANTED, I WISH IT WOULD HAVE 04:56.633 --> 04:57.866 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% CAME A LITTLE BIT EARLIER. 04:57.866 --> 04:58.933 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% JOHN: IF BASS QUALIFIES UNDER 04:58.933 --> 05:00.766 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% MEDICAID'S NEW INCOME 05:00.766 --> 05:02.700 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% REQUIREMENTS, AS SHE BELIEVES 05:02.700 --> 05:03.533 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% SHE WILL, SHE SAYS SHE'LL ENROLL 05:03.533 --> 05:04.600 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. 05:04.600 --> 05:05.533 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% AND THEN HOW QUICKLY ARE YOU 05:05.533 --> 05:07.500 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% GOING TO MAKE THAT APPOINTMENT 05:07.500 --> 05:08.433 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% FOR A CHECKUP? 05:08.433 --> 05:10.900 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% >> AS SOON AS THEY APPROVE ME. 05:10.900 --> 05:11.833 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% I ALREADY HAVE MY PRIMARY CARE 05:11.833 --> 05:12.366 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% DOCTOR THAT I WANT TO GO BACK 05:12.366 --> 05:14.900 align:left position:40% line:89% size:50% TO. 05:14.900 --> 05:15.833 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% AND I'M EXCITED. 05:15.833 --> 05:20.433 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% JOHN: WHEN NORTH CAROLINA'S 05:21.300 --> 05:22.233 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% MEDICAID EXPANSION IS FULLY 05:22.233 --> 05:23.166 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% IMPLEMENTED, AN ESTIMATED 05:23.166 --> 05:24.733 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% 600,000 WILL GAIN ACCESS TO 05:24.733 --> 05:25.666 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% HEALTH COVERAGE. 05:25.666 --> 05:26.600 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THERE 05:26.600 --> 05:28.733 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% WON'T STILL BE PEOPLE IN NORTH 05:28.733 --> 05:29.766 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% CAROLINA WITHOUT INSURANCE. 05:29.766 --> 05:31.600 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% >> THERE'S STILL GOING TO BE A 05:31.600 --> 05:32.733 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% HUGE NEED FOR SAFETY NET 05:32.733 --> 05:34.033 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% ORGANIZATIONS. 05:34.033 --> 05:35.800 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% JOHN: KRISTA WOOLLY RUNS THE 05:35.800 --> 05:37.266 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% COMMUNITY CARE CLINIC OF ROWAN 05:37.266 --> 05:38.900 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT REGION OF 05:38.900 --> 05:39.833 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. 05:39.833 --> 05:41.533 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% >> A LOT OF OUR PATIENTS WILL 05:41.533 --> 05:43.633 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% COME IN HERE AND GO TO THE 05:43.633 --> 05:44.766 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% DENTIST, THEY'LL GO TO THE 05:44.766 --> 05:45.566 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% DOCTOR, AND THEY'LL PICK UP 05:45.566 --> 05:46.700 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% THEIR PRESCRIPTIONS. 05:46.700 --> 05:48.333 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% JOHN: IT'S A TOTALLY FREE CLINIC 05:48.333 --> 05:49.266 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% FOR COUNTY RESIDENTS WHO DON'T 05:49.266 --> 05:50.200 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% HAVE INSURANCE AND MAKE LESS 05:50.200 --> 05:51.033 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% THAN THREE TIMES THE FEDERAL 05:51.033 --> 05:53.100 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% POVERTY LINE. 05:53.100 --> 05:58.100 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% >> WE HAVE 1.1 MILLION UNINSURED 05:58.833 --> 05:59.766 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% FOLKS IN NORTH CAROLINA. 05:59.766 --> 06:00.766 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% WHAT WE HEAR IS THAT MEDICAID 06:00.766 --> 06:01.300 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% EXPANSION WILL COVER ABOUT HALF 06:01.300 --> 06:04.766 align:left position:40% line:89% size:50% OF THAT. 06:04.766 --> 06:05.700 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% SO WE'LL STILL HAVE 600,000, 06:05.700 --> 06:06.633 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% 700,000 PEOPLE WITHOUT INSURANCE 06:06.633 --> 06:08.766 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% AND WITHOUT THE ABILITY TO 06:08.766 --> 06:09.700 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% AFFORD ACA. 06:09.700 --> 06:10.666 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% JOHN: KENNETH SMALL IS ONE OF 06:10.666 --> 06:12.033 align:left position:40% line:89% size:50% THEM. 06:12.033 --> 06:15.633 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% HE IS THE ENTIRE STAFF OF THE 06:15.633 --> 06:16.566 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% SALISBURY, NORTH CAROLINA 06:16.566 --> 06:17.766 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% LANDSCAPING BUSINESS HE OWNS. 06:17.766 --> 06:18.800 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% >> I HAVE BEEN TO ACTUAL 06:18.800 --> 06:20.033 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% INSURANCE GROUPS THAT 06:20.033 --> 06:25.033 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% TRY TO FIND YOU THE BEST DEAL 06:25.933 --> 06:26.866 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% THAT THEY CAN. 06:26.866 --> 06:27.666 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% YOU CAN'T AFFORD TO PAY THE 06:27.666 --> 06:28.600 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% PREMIUMS THAT THEY WANT. 06:28.600 --> 06:29.533 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% JOHN: SO HE RELIES ON THE CLINIC 06:29.533 --> 06:32.766 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% FOR HEALTH CARE AND FOR MOST OF 06:32.766 --> 06:33.700 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% HIS PRESCRIPTIONS, INCLUDING 06:33.700 --> 06:36.733 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% INSULIN FOR HIS DIABETES, AND 06:36.733 --> 06:37.900 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% FIVE CHOLESTEROL MEDICATIONS. 06:37.900 --> 06:41.166 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% AFTER QUADRUPLE HEART BYPASS 06:41.166 --> 06:43.600 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% SURGERY IN 2017, THE CLINIC ALSO 06:43.600 --> 06:48.400 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% HELPED HIM LOWER A NEARLY 06:48.400 --> 06:49.333 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% $70,000 HOSPITAL BILL TO $6000. 06:49.333 --> 06:50.633 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% >> I'VE NEVER PAID OUT OF POCKET 06:50.633 --> 06:52.133 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% TO COME HERE. 06:52.133 --> 06:54.366 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% ANYTHING. 06:54.366 --> 06:58.000 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% SO THEY THEY'RE FILLING A LARGE 06:58.000 --> 06:58.933 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% GAP BETWEEN PEOPLE WHO ARE 06:58.933 --> 07:00.200 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% MAKING TOO MUCH MONEY TO QUALIFY 07:00.200 --> 07:02.900 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% FOR MEDICAID AND CAN'T AFFORD 07:02.900 --> 07:04.066 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% INSURANCE. 07:04.066 --> 07:07.766 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% AND THAT'S WHERE I FALL IN. 07:07.766 --> 07:08.700 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% JOHN: BECAUSE EVERYONE THINKS 07:08.700 --> 07:09.633 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% THAT, WELL, WITH OBAMACARE AND 07:09.633 --> 07:10.866 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% WITH EXPANDED MEDICAID, WE'VE 07:10.866 --> 07:14.233 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% PROBLEM.RE OF THE UNINSURED 07:14.833 --> 07:16.100 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% >> YEAH, NO. 07:16.100 --> 07:16.866 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% THERE'S STILL A BUNCH OF 07:16.866 --> 07:17.966 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% UNINSURED OUT. 07:17.966 --> 07:21.400 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% >> WE SENT YOU FOR THE STRESS 07:21.400 --> 07:22.400 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% TEST TO GET A BETTER IDEA OF 07:22.400 --> 07:23.333 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% YOUR HEART. 07:23.333 --> 07:25.400 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% JOHN: DR. AMY WILSON IS THE 07:25.400 --> 07:26.333 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% CLINIC'S MEDICAL DIRECTOR. 07:26.333 --> 07:27.466 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% WITH THE EXPANSION OF MEDICAID, 07:27.466 --> 07:28.133 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% YOU MAY LOSE SOME PATIENTS. 07:28.133 --> 07:28.933 align:left position:40% line:89% size:50% >> YES. 07:28.933 --> 07:29.866 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% AND THAT'S GREAT. 07:29.866 --> 07:30.700 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% I WOULD LOVE FOR THERE TO NOT BE 07:30.700 --> 07:32.366 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% A NEED FOR ME STILL, BUT 07:32.366 --> 07:33.266 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% UNFORTUNATELY, I THINK THERE IS 07:33.266 --> 07:35.100 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% STILL GOING TO BE. 07:35.100 --> 07:37.733 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% JOHN: BACK AT UHC IN WINSTON 07:37.733 --> 07:38.666 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% SALEM, DR. VERONICA WILTSHIRE 07:38.666 --> 07:40.066 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% ALSO KNOWS THAT NOT ALL THE 07:40.066 --> 07:41.733 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% CLINIC'S PATIENTS WILL QUALIFY 07:41.733 --> 07:42.766 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% FOR EXPANDED MEDICAID. 07:42.766 --> 07:45.133 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% >> DID SHE START SCHOOL ALREADY? 07:45.133 --> 07:46.933 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% JOHN: BUT SHE SAYS THE INCREASED 07:46.933 --> 07:47.900 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% REVENUE FROM MEDICAID WILL HELP 07:47.900 --> 07:49.766 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% ALL THE CLINIC'S PATIENTS. 07:49.766 --> 07:54.500 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% >> JUST TO BUILD UP A MENTAL 07:54.500 --> 07:56.366 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% HEALTH DEPARTMENT OR HIRE MORE 07:56.366 --> 08:00.533 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% DENTISTS IN OUR CLINIC. 08:00.533 --> 08:01.466 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% WE CAN HIRE A PATIENT NAVIGATOR 08:01.466 --> 08:03.866 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% WHO WILL BE ABLE TO HELP OUR 08:03.866 --> 08:08.866 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% PATIENTS FILL OUT THEIR FORMS, 08:09.733 --> 08:10.666 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% YOU KNOW, EDUCATE OUR PATIENTS. 08:10.666 --> 08:11.600 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% IN HEALTH CENTERS, ALL THE 08:11.600 --> 08:13.800 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% REVENUE THAT WE RECEIVE GOES 08:13.800 --> 08:14.733 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% BACK INTO THE HEALTH CENTER. 08:14.733 --> 08:17.033 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% JOHN: NORTH CAROLINA COULD START 08:17.033 --> 08:17.966 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% ENROLLING NEW PATIENTS LATER 08:17.966 --> 08:18.966 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% THIS YEAR, A STEP, SUPPORTERS 08:18.966 --> 08:20.800 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% SAY, TOWARD IMPROVING THE HEALTH 08:20.800 --> 08:21.900 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% AND WELL-BEING OF HUNDREDS OF 08:21.900 --> 08:24.133 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% THOUSANDS OF RESIDENTS. 08:24.133 --> 08:27.066 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% FOR THE "PBS NEWSHOUR," I'M JOHN 08:27.066 --> 08:27.800 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% YANG IN WINSTON-SALEM, NORTH 08:27.800 --> 08:29.700 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% CAROLINA. 08:29.700 --> 08:34.700 align:left position:40% line:89% size:50% ♪