For the last few years, states have been leading the way toward more comprehensive health care coverage to ensure that more people have or can obtain health insurance. Because of the potential impact of this ongoing activity on employer-provided health insurance benefits, Spencer’s Benefits Reports provides regular updates about state health care reform.

North Carolina. The federal government is giving the state a $1.5 million grant to provide monthly subsidies to people to aid participation in the state’s high-risk insurance pool. The state’s high-risk pool provides health care coverage for those who cannot find affordable insurance in the private market. For more information, visit http://nchirp.org/.

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