Prior to the passage of the Affordable Care Act, many individuals across the state and country faced numerous barriers to accessing affordable and quality health care. This paper provides a review of health coverage in North Carolina before the ACA, the impact the ACA has had on access to health care, and how North Carolina could continue to benefit from "complete" implementation of the ACA.
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