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817426327_12076-12706 | Despite the turnaround from the year before and the NIT appearance , at the end of the season Matt Doherty was replaced as head coach by Roy Williams . Williams had served as an assistant to Smith for 11 years before leaving to spend the first 15 years of his Hall of Fame head coaching career leading Kansas to 9 conference regular season championships and four Final Fours before Smith convinced him to return home . It was hoped that Williams would restore a measure of stability to the program . Doherty was UNC 's third coach in six years . The two previous to Guthridge , McGuire and Smith , had covered a 45 - year period . | North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball |
817426327_12707-13571 | In Williams ' first season , the Tar Heels finished 19 -- 11 and were ranked in a final media poll for the first time in three years . They returned to the NCAA tournament and were ousted in the second round by Texas . The following year , the Tar Heels won their fourth NCAA title and Williams ' first as a head coach . After winning the championship , Williams lost his top seven scorers , but the 2005 -- 06 season saw the arrival of freshman Tyler Hansbrough and Williams was named Coach of the Year . The Tar Heels swept the ACC regular season and tournament titles in 2007 and 2008 . The 2008 ACC Tournament was the first time North Carolina has ever won the ACC Tournament without defeating at least one in - state rival during the tournament . North Carolina lost in the national semifinals of the 2008 NCAA tournament to Williams ' former program Kansas . | North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball |
817426327_13572-14054 | In the 2008 -- 09 season , the Tar Heels won their fifth NCAA title by defeating Michigan State in the championship of the 2009 NCAA Men 's Basketball Tournament . The Tar Heels won all six of that year 's tournament games by at least 12 points , for an average victory margin of 20.2 points , and only trailed for a total of 10 minutes out of 240 through the entire tournament . Wayne Ellington was named the tournament 's Most Outstanding Player , the fourth Tar Heel so honored . | North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball |
817426327_14055-14861 | The 2009 -- 2010 Tar Heels struggled throughout the regular season finishing with a 16 -- 15 record , and dropped to # 3 in Division I in all - time wins . They later lost in the first round of the ACC Tournament , playing in the first `` play - in '' Thursday game for the first time since the ACC grew to 12 teams . The Tar Heels did not receive an NCAA tournament bid , and instead accepted a bid to the NIT . During the season , the Tar Heels reached the 2,000 - win milestone with a home win over Miami on March 2 , 2010 , becoming the second fastest college team to do so ( North Carolina was in its 100th season of basketball at the time of this accomplishment ) . The Tar Heels were able to make it to the final game of the NIT , losing to Dayton in the final game finishing with a 20 - 17 record . | North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball |
817426327_14862-16211 | The 2010 -- 2011 Tar Heels , with the addition of Harrison Barnes , Kendall Marshall , and Reggie Bullock , eighth in the preseason polls , struggled out the gates , starting with a 2 - 2 record , the worst start since the 2001 -- 02 season . After losses to Illinois and Texas , the Tar Heels fell out of the rankings . The losses of senior Will Graves , to dismissal , and Larry Drew II , to transfer and also the unexpected off - season transfers of David and Travis Wear did not help matters . However , the Tar Heels improved greatly during the conference season , finishing first in the ACC regular season with a 14 - 2 record . Williams was named Conference Coach of the Year for his efforts of getting his team to work through the adversity to finish strong in the regular season . Also during the season , the term Tar Heel Blue Steel was coined , referencing the Tar Heel men 's basketball walk - ons . The term was started by one of the players , Stewart Cooper , in hopes that it would be a replacement for `` walk - ons '' and other less catchy names and soon enough Roy Williams caught on , as well as the rest of the Tar Heel Nation . North Carolina lost to Duke in the ACC Tournament Finals and made a significant run in the NCAA Tournament until they were eliminated in the Elite Eight by Kentucky , finishing with a 29 - 8 record . | North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball |
817426327_16212-17910 | The 2011 -- 2012 Tar Heels finished the regular season with a final record of 32 - 6 , including a 14 -- 2 record in ACC regular season play which allowed the team to win the conference regular season championship outright . The team fell to Florida State in the championship game of the 2012 ACC Men 's Basketball Tournament . The team was a # 1 seed in the Midwest Regional of the 2012 NCAA Men 's Division I Basketball Tournament ; the team reached the Elite Eight and was defeated by Kansas 80 - 67 . This defeat was the second time UNC lost to Kansas in the NCAA Tournament with Roy Williams as UNC head coach . He previously coached Kansas from 1988 to 2003 . The loss to Kansas was also UNC 's second straight loss in the Elite Eight , after losing to Kentucky the year before . Kansas later fell to Kentucky 67 - 59 in the National Championship Game . Before the Kansas game , the Tar Heels won their previous three games in the NCAA Tournament by an average of 13.7 points . In the second - round game versus Creighton , starting UNC point guard Kendall Marshall broke his right wrist with 10 : 56 remaining in the second half with UNC leading 66 - 50 . Marshall continued to play by dribbling primarily with his left hand , including getting fouled on a drive to the basket with 7 : 09 left in the second half . He left the game against Creighton with two minutes left with UNC leading 85 - 69 . Williams announced Kendall Marshall 's injury at the Creighton post-game press conference . Kendall Marshall did not play in UNC 's two following games in the NCAA Tournament , a 73 - 65 overtime win over Ohio in the Sweet 16 and the aforementioned 67 - 80 loss to Kansas in the Elite Eight . | North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball |
817426327_17911-18055 | In 2013 - 14 , the Tar Heels became the only team in men 's college basketball history to beat every team ranked in the top 4 in the preseason . | North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball |
817426327_18056-18500 | In 2015 - 2016 , led by seniors Marcus Paige and Brice Johnson , the Tar Heels earned their 30th ACC regular season title , 18th ACC tournament title , and 19th Final Four . They also appeared in their 10th NCAA title game , in which they lost on a buzzer beater to Villanova , despite Marcus Paige 's dramatic three - pointer to tie the game with 4.7 seconds left . The Tar Heels finished with a 33 - 7 overall record and a 14 - 4 ACC record . | North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball |
817426327_18501-19447 | The following year , the Tar Heels were ranked # 6 in the AP preseason poll , having lost Paige and Johnson but retaining 2016 ACC Tournament MVP Joel Berry II as well as forwards Kennedy Meeks and Isaiah Hicks . After preseason losses to Indiana and Kentucky , the Tar Heels won their 31st ACC regular season title . Despite never being ranked # 1 in the AP Poll and losing to Duke in the semifinals of the ACC tournament , the Heels earned a # 1 seed in the NCAA tournament , where they advanced to their record 20th Final Four and 11th NCAA tournament title game . They beat Gonzaga 71 - 65 to give Williams his 3rd national championship , surpassing mentor Dean Smith for most NCAA tournament championships at Carolina , and behind only John Wooden , Mike Krzyzewski , and Adolph Rupp for most NCAA tournament championships overall . Just as in the previous year , the Tar Heels finished with a 33 - 7 overall record and a 14 - 4 ACC record . | North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball |
817426327_19474-20034 | Dean Smith was widely known for his idea of `` The Carolina Way , '' in which he challenged his players to , `` Play hard , play smart , play together . '' `` The Carolina Way '' was an idea of excellence in the classroom , as well as on the court . In Coach Smith 's book , The Carolina Way , former player Scott Williams said , regarding Dean Smith , `` Winning was very important at Carolina , and there was much pressure to win , but Coach cared more about our getting a sound education and turning into good citizens than he did about winning. `` Academic | North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball |
817426327_20141-21270 | On June 6 , 2014 , the ESPN program Outside the Lines aired an interview with Rashad McCants , a starter on the NCAA championship - winning 2004 -- 05 team , in which he claimed to have taken phony classes and had tutors write his classwork to stay academically eligible . Coach Roy Williams , separately interviewed by ESPN , as well as McCants 's teammates , disputed McCants 's claims . Four months later , Kenneth L. Wainstein , a former federal prosecutor hired by the university to investigate academic fraud reported by the media , issued a 131 - page report showing at least 3,100 students took `` paper '' classes with artificially high grades over an 18 - year period , and athletes were funneled to these classes by academic advisers . Wainstein reported that varsity athletes made up 1,871 , or roughly half , of the enrollment , with the men 's basketball team accounting for 12.1 percent ( 226 ) the athletes . There is no evidence the coaches knew the classes were irregular , and Williams denied knowledge ( Dean Smith and Bill Guthridge , Williams ' predecessors , were not interviewed because of poor health ) . | North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball |
817426327_21271-21919 | The NCAA formally notified UNC of a formal investigation on May 22 , 2015 . The notice made five allegations against the university , including providing impermissible academic benefits to athletes and what the NCAA terms `` lack of institutional control '' . The university would meet with the NCAA in three months and receive a ruling within six to nine months . Neither Williams nor any member of his staff was specifically accused of violating NCAA rules . On October 13 , 2017 , the NCAA found that North Carolina did not violate any NCAA academic rules with regards to the school 's African studies and Afro - American Studies paper courses . | North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball |
817426327_21937-23024 | The Tar Heels own several notable streaks in the history of college basketball . They appeared in either the NCAA Tournament or National Invitation Tournament ( NIT ) every year from 1967 to 2001 . This includes 27 straight appearances in the NCAA tourney from 1975 ( the first year that competition allowed more than one team from a conference to get a guaranteed bid ) to 2001 -- the longest such streak in tournament history until it was broken by Kansas in March 2017 . The Tar Heels also notched 37 straight winning seasons from 1964 to 2001 , the third - longest such streak in NCAA history , behind UCLA 's streak of 54 consecutive winning seasons from 1948 to 2001 , and Syracuse 's currently active streak of 46 seasons from 1971 to date . They also finished . 500 or better for 39 years in a row from 1962 ( Dean Smith 's second year ) to 2001 , the third - longest such streak in NCAA history , behind Kentucky 's streak of 61 consecutive seasons from 1926 to 1988 ( the Wildcats were barred from playing in 1952 -- 53 due to NCAA violations ) and UCLA 's 54 - season streak . | North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball |
817426327_23025-23399 | From the ACC 's inception in 1953 to 2001 , the Tar Heels did not finish worse than a tie for fourth place in ACC play . By comparison , all of the ACC 's other charter members finished last at least once in that time . From 1965 to 2001 , they did not finish worse than a tie for third , and for the first 21 of those years they did not finish worse than a tie for second . | North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball |
817426327_23400-23720 | All of these streaks ended in the 2001 -- 02 season , when the Tar Heels finished 8 -- 20 on the season under coach Matt Doherty . They also finished tied for 7th in conference play , behind Florida State and Clemson -- only their second losing conference record ever ( the first being in the ACC 's inaugural season ) . | North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball |
817426327_23721-24073 | Additionally , the Tar Heels are 58 - 0 all - time in home games played against the Clemson Tigers ( the NCAA record for the longest home winning streak against a single opponent ) . Until the 2010 ACC Tournament , North Carolina was the only program to have never played a Thursday game in the ACC Tournament since it expanded to a four - day format . | North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball |
817426327_24098-24696 | All Time Wins - 2,206 All Time Winning Percentage - . 738 NCAA Championships - 6 NCAA Tournament Runner Up - 5 All Americans - 49 players chosen 78 times ACC Regular Season Titles - 30 ACC Tournament Titles - 18 NCAA Championship Games - 11 NCAA Final Fours - 20 ( This is the most Final Four appearances of all time ) NCAA Tournament Appearances - 48 NCAA Tournament Wins - 123 # 1 Seeds in the NCAA Tournament - 15 Number of Weeks Ranked All Time in the Top - 25 of the AP Poll - 808 Number of Times Defeating the # 1 Ranked Team in the Country - 13 Pre-Tournament ( Helm 's ) National Titles - 1 | North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball |
817426327_24813-25236 | Jan. 12 , 1980 - No. 15 UNC 82 , No. 1 Duke 67 Jan 18 , 1989 - No. 13 UNC 91 , No. 1 Duke 71 Mar. 17 , 1990 - NR UNC 79 , No. 1 Oklahoma , 77 Feb. 5 , 1992 - No. 9 UNC 75 , No. 1 Duke 73 Feb. 3 , 1994 - No. 2 UNC 89 , No. 1 Duke 78 Feb. 5 , 1998 - No. 2 UNC 97 , No. 1 Duke 73 Apr. 4 , 2005 - No. 2 UNC 75 , No. 1 Illinois 70 Mar. 4 , 2006 - No. 13 UNC 83 , No. 1 Duke 76 Dec. 4 , 2013 - NR UNC 79 , No. 1 Michigan State 65 | North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball |
817426327_25402-25519 | To have his number retired , a player must win one of the following six widely recognized player of the year awards : | North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball |
817426327_25520-25827 | Associated Press Player of the Year Oscar Robertson Trophy , formerly known as the United States Basketball Writers Association National Player of the Year National Association of Basketball Coaches Player of the Year Sporting News Player of the Year John R. Wooden Award Naismith College Player of the Year | North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball |
817426327_25828-26079 | Eight players ( including Jack Cobb , whose jersey did not have a number ) have had their numbers retired . Tyler Hansbrough 's number 50 is the eighth to be retired , after he won all six major player of the year awards during the 2007 -- 08 season . | North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball |
817426327_26080-26390 | North Carolina Tar Heels retired numbers No . Player Position Tenure 10 Lennie Rosenbluth SF 1954 - 57 12 Phil Ford PG 1974 -- 78 20 George Glamack 1938 -- 41 23 Michael Jordan SG 1981 -- 84 33 Antawn Jamison 1995 -- 98 50 Tyler Hansbrough PF , C 2005 -- 09 52 James Worthy SF 1979 -- 82 - Jack Cobb 1923 -- 26 | North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball |
817426327_26391-26585 | 49 former North Carolina men 's basketball players are honored in the Smith Center with banners representing their numbers hung from the rafters . Of the 49 honored jerseys , eight are retired . | North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball |
817426327_26611-26837 | In addition to the 8 retired jerseys , an additional 41 jerseys are honored . An additional 2 players , Joel Berry II and Justin Jackson , have qualified to have their jerseys honored during the 2017 - 2018 basketball season . | North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball |
817426327_26838-26921 | To have his jersey honored , a player must have met one of the following criteria : | North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball |
817426327_26922-27095 | MVP of a National Championship - winning team Member of a gold medal - winning Olympic team First - or second - team All - America ACC Player of the Year NCAA Tournament MOP | North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball |
817426327_27403-27479 | To date nine Tar Heels have been inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame . | North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball |
817426327_27480-27729 | Year Player ( s ) Inducted As a 1970 Ben Carnevale Coach 1977 Frank McGuire Coach Dean Smith Coach 1986 Billy Cunningham Player 2000 Bob McAdoo Player 2002 Larry Brown Coach 2003 James Worthy Player 2007 Roy Williams Coach 2009 Michael Jordan Player | North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball |
817426327_27765-28570 | Year Tar Heel As a Country 1964 Larry Brown Player United States 1968 Charles Scott Player United States 1972 Bobby Jones Player United States 1976 Walter Davis Player United States 1976 Phil Ford Player United States 1976 Bill Guthridge Asst . Coach United States 1976 Mitch Kupchak Player United States 1976 Tommy LaGarde Player United States 1976 Dean Smith Head Coach United States 1980 Al Wood Player United States 1984 Michael Jordan Player United States 1984 Sam Perkins Player United States J.R. Reid Player United States 1992 Michael Jordan Player United States 1992 Henrik Rödl Player Germany 2000 Vince Carter Player United States 2000 Larry Brown Asst . Coach United States Larry Brown Head Coach United States Roy Williams Asst . Coach United States 2016 Harrison Barnes Player United States | North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball |
817426327_28686-30960 | Year Player Hometown 1977 Pete Budko Lutherville , MD 1977 Al Wood Gray , GA 1979 James Worthy Gastonia , NC 1979 Jim Braddock Chattanooga , TN 1980 Matt Doherty East Meadow , NJ 1980 Sam Perkins Latham , NY 1981 Buzz Peterson Asheville , NC 1981 Michael Jordan Wilmington , NC 1982 Brad Daugherty Black Mountain , NC 1982 Curtis Hunter Durham , NC Kenny Smith Queens , NY Dave Popson Ashley , PA Joe Wolf Kohler , WI 1985 Jeff Lebo Carlisle , PA 1985 Kevin Madden Staunton , VA 1986 Steve Bucknall London , GB 1986 Pete Chilcutt Eutaw , AL 1986 Scott Williams Hacienda Heights , CA 1986 J.R. Reid Virginia Beach , VA King Rice Binghamton , NY 1989 Matt Wenstrom Katy , TX 1989 George Lynch Roanoke , VA 1990 Eric Montross Indianapolis , IN 1990 Brian Reese The Bronx , NY 1990 Derrick Phelps Pleasantville , NY 1991 Donald Williams Garner , NC 1992 Serge Zwikker Maassluis , NL 1993 Jerry Stackhouse Kinston , NC 1993 Rasheed Wallace Philadelphia , PA 1993 Jeff McInnis Charlotte , NC 1995 Antawn Jamison Charlotte , NC 1995 Vince Carter Daytona Beach , FL Ed Cota Brooklyn , NY Vasco Evtimov Sofia , BG Brendan Haywood Greensboro , NC 1998 Ronald Curry Hampton , VA 1998 Jason Capel Chesapeake , VA 1998 Kris Lang Gastonia , NC 1999 Joseph Forte Greenbelt , MD 2000 Neil Fingleton Durham , UK Jawad Williams Cleveland , OH 2002 Rashad McCants Asheville , NC 2002 Sean May Bloomington , IN 2002 Raymond Felton Latta , SC Marvin Williams Bremerton , WA 2005 Tyler Hansbrough Poplar Bluff , MO 2005 Danny Green North Babylon , NY 2005 Bobby Frasor Blue Island , IL 2006 Brandan Wright Brentwood , TN 2006 Ty Lawson Clinton , MD 2006 Wayne Ellington Wynnewood , PA 2008 Larry Drew II Woodland Hills , CA 2008 Ed Davis Richmond , VA 2008 Tyler Zeller Washington , IN 2009 David Wear Santa Ana , CA 2009 Travis Wear Santa Ana , CA 2009 Dexter Strickland Elizabeth , NJ 2009 John Henson Tampa , FL Kendall Marshall Dumfries , VA Reggie Bullock Kinston , NC Harrison Barnes Ames , IA 2011 James Michael McAdoo Norfolk , VA 2011 P.J. Hairston Greensboro , NC 2012 Marcus Paige Marion , IA 2013 Kennedy Meeks Charlotte , NC 2013 Isaiah Hicks Oxford , NC 2014 Justin Jackson Tomball , TX 2014 Joel Berry II Apopka , FL 2014 Theo Pinson Greensboro , N.C. 2016 Tony Bradley Bartow , FL | North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball |
817426327_31064-32043 | Year Player State Notes 1973 Tom LaGarde Michigan 1976 Dave Colescott Indiana Joe Wolf Wisconsin 1986 Scott Williams California Henrik Rodl North Carolina King Rice New York 1990 Clifford Rozier Florida Transferred to Louisville 1991 Larry Davis South Carolina 1991 Donald Williams North Carolina 1995 Vince Carter Florida 1995 Antawn Jamison North Carolina 1998 Kris Lang North Carolina 2000 Adam Boone Minnesota Transferred to Minnesota 2002 Raymond Felton South Carolina 2002 Sean May Indiana 2005 2006 Brandan Wright Tennessee Div. II A 2005 Tyler Hansbrough Missouri 2006 Will Graves North Carolina 2008 2009 Leslie McDonald Tennessee Div. II AA 2008 Tyler Zeller Indiana Reggie Bullock North Carolina Harrison Barnes Iowa 2012 Marcus Paige Iowa 2012 Brice Johnson South Carolina 2012 2013 2014 Joel Berry II Florida 2013 Isaiah Hicks North Carolina 2014 Theo Pinson North Carolina 2016 Tony Bradley Florida 2016 Seventh Woods South Carolina 2017 Jalek Felton South Carolina | North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball |
817426327_32080-32645 | Harrison Barnes , Dallas Mavericks Tony Bradley , Utah Jazz Reggie Bullock , Detroit Pistons Vince Carter , Sacramento Kings Ed Davis , Portland Trail Blazers Wayne Ellington , Miami Heat Raymond Felton , Oklahoma City Thunder Danny Green , San Antonio Spurs John Henson , Milwaukee Bucks Isaiah Hicks , New York Knicks Justin Jackson , Sacramento Kings Brice Johnson , Los Angeles Clippers James Michael McAdoo , Philadelphia 76ers Marcus Paige , Charlotte Hornets Marvin Williams , Charlotte Hornets Brandan Wright , Memphis Grizzlies Tyler Zeller , Brooklyn Nets | North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball |
817426327_32682-33675 | Larry Brown , former head coach of the Charlotte Bobcats , New York Knicks , Detroit Pistons , Philadelphia 76ers , Indiana Pacers , Los Angeles Clippers , San Antonio Spurs , New Jersey Nets , Denver Nuggets , Carolina Cougars Michael Jordan , owner and chairman of the Charlotte Hornets George Karl , former head coach of the Sacramento Kings , Denver Nuggets , Milwaukee Bucks , Seattle SuperSonics , Golden State Warriors , Cleveland Cavaliers John Kuester , former head coach of the Detroit Pistons Mitch Kupchak , former general manager of the Los Angeles Lakers Donnie Walsh , former president of basketball operations for the Indiana Pacers and New York Knicks Doug Moe , former head coach of the Philadelphia 76ers , Denver Nuggets , San Antonio Spurs Billy Cunningham , former head coach of the Philadelphia 76ers Rasheed Wallace , former assistant coach of the Detroit Pistons James Worthy , assistant coach of the Los Angeles Lakers Jerry Stackhouse , head coach of the Raptors 905 | North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball |
817426327_33698-34250 | James Delany , commissioner of the Big Ten Conference ( 1967 -- 1970 ) Julius Peppers , Defensive End for the Carolina Panthers ( 2017 -- present ) Ronald Curry , former Wide Receiver for the Oakland Raiders ( 2002 - 2008 ) Richard Vinroot , former mayor of Charlotte , North Carolina ( 1961 -- 1963 ) Brad Daugherty , ESPN and NASCAR television analyst and part - owner of JTG Daugherty Racing NASCAR race team ( 2008 -- Present ) Brendan Haywood , college basketball announcer for CBS Sports Antawn Jamison , analyst for Time Warner Cable SportsNet . | North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball |
817426327_34301-34481 | Team UNC Record First Meeting Notes Duke 134 -- 108 1920 Carolina -- Duke rivalry NC State 153 -- 77 1913 Carolina -- State Game Wake Forest 158 -- 66 1911 Carolina -- Wake rivalry | North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball |
817426327_34512-34728 | Team UNC Record First Meeting Notes UCLA 8 -- 3 1968 Kentucky 24 -- 15 1924 Kentucky -- North Carolina basketball rivalry Kansas 6 -- 5 1957 First meeting was the 1957 national championship game . Indiana 6 -- 8 1961 | North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball |
817426327_34810-35118 | The Carolina Basketball Museum is located in the Ernie Williamson Athletics Center and contains 8,000 square feet . It was built to replace the old memorabilia room in the Dean Smith Center . Designed by Gallagher & Associates , the cost of construction was $3.4 million . The museum opened in January 2008 . | North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball |
817426327_35229-35451 | The UNC junior varsity basketball team was originally used at North Carolina as freshmen teams because freshmen were not allowed to play on the varsity team until the NCAA granted freshmen eligibility in the Fall of 1972 . | North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball |
817426327_35452-35849 | After most schools decided to disband their J.V. squads , North Carolina 's athletic department opted to keep the team so that non-scholarship students were given the chance to play basketball for UNC . North Carolina also uses their J.V. team as a way for varsity assistant coaches to gain experience as head coaches . Roy Williams was a J.V. coach for eight years before he was hired at Kansas . | North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball |
817426327_35850-36168 | Students at UNC are only allowed to play on the team for two years , and then they are given a chance to try out for the varsity . The J.V. team also serves as a way for coaches to evaluate players for two years on the J.V. so they will better know what to expect when they try out for varsity later in their careers . | North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball |
817426327_36169-36336 | UNC 's J.V. team plays a combination of teams from Division II and III schools , some community colleges , and a few prep schools from around the North Carolina area . | North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball |
817426327_36445-36550 | NCAA Men 's Division I Basketball Tournament Consecutive Appearances Most All time Final Four Appearances | North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball |
817426327_36617-36786 | Bynum Gymnasium ( 1910 -- 1924 ) Tin Can ( 1924 -- 1938 ) Woollen Gymnasium ( 1938 -- 1964 ) Carmichael Auditorium ( 1965 -- 1986 ) Dean Smith Center ( 1986 -- present ) | North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball |
838470030_115-484 | The Bessemer process was the first inexpensive industrial process for the mass production of steel from molten pig iron before the development of the open hearth furnace . The key principle is removal of impurities from the iron by oxidation with air being blown through the molten iron . The oxidation also raises the temperature of the iron mass and keeps it molten . | Bessemer process |
838470030_485-873 | Related decarburizing with air processes had been used outside Europe for hundreds of years , but not on an industrial scale . One such process has existed since the 11th century in East Asia , where the scholar Shen Kuo of that era described its use in the Chinese iron and steel industry . In the 17th century , accounts by European travelers detailed its possible use by the Japanese . | Bessemer process |
838470030_874-1149 | The modern process is named after its inventor , the Englishman Henry Bessemer , who took out a patent on the process in 1856 . The process was said to be independently discovered in 1851 by the American inventor William Kelly , though there is little to back up this claim . | Bessemer process |
838470030_1150-1345 | The process using a basic refractory lining is known as the `` basic Bessemer process '' or Gilchrist -- Thomas process after the English discoverers Percy Gilchrist and Sidney Gilchrist Thomas . | Bessemer process |
838470030_1792-2543 | A system akin to the Bessemer process has existed since the 11th century in East Asia . Economic historian Robert Hartwell writes that the Chinese of the Song Dynasty innovated a `` partial decarbonization '' method of repeated forging of cast iron under a cold blast . Sinologist Joseph Needham and historian of metallurgy Theodore A. Wertime have described the method as a predecessor to the Bessemer process of making steel . This process was first described by the prolific scholar and polymath government official Shen Kuo ( 1031 -- 1095 ) in 1075 , when he visited Cizhou . Hartwell states that perhaps the earliest center where this was practiced was the great iron - production district along the Henan - Hebei border during the 11th century . | Bessemer process |
838470030_2544-3011 | In the 15th century the finery process , another process which shares the air - blowing principle with the Bessemer process , was developed in Europe . In 1740 Benjamin Huntsman developed the crucible technique for steel manufacture , at his workshop in the district of Handsworth in Sheffield . This process had an enormous impact on the quantity and quality of steel production , but it was unrelated to the Bessemer - type process employing decarburization . Johan | Bessemer process |
838470030_3087-3972 | The Japanese may have made use of the Bessemer process , which was observed by European travelers in the 17th century . The adventurer Johan Albrecht de Mandelslo describes the process in a book published in English in 1669 . He writes , `` They have , among others , particular invention for the melting of iron , without the using of fire , casting it into a tun done about on the inside without about half a foot of earth , where they keep it with continual blowing , take it out by ladles full , to give it what form they please . '' According to historian Donald Wagner , Madelslo did not personally visit Japan , so his description of the process is likely derived from accounts of other Europeans who had traveled to Japan . Wagner believes that the Japanese process may have been similar to the Bessemer process , but cautions that alternative explanations are also plausible . | Bessemer process |
838470030_4089-4867 | In the early 1850s , the American inventor William Kelly experimented with a method similar to the Bessemer process . Wagner writes that Kelly may have been inspired by techniques introduced by Chinese ironworkers hired by Kelly in 1854 . When Bessemer 's patent for the process was reported by Scientific American , Kelly responded by writing a letter to the magazine . In the letter , Kelly states that he had previously experimented with the process and claimed that Bessemer knew of Kelly 's discovery . He wrote that `` I have reason to believe my discovery was known in England three or four years ago , as a number of English puddlers visited this place to see my new process . Several of them have since returned to England and may have spoken of my invention there . '' | Bessemer process |
838470030_4868-5901 | Sir Henry Bessemer described the origin of his invention in his autobiography written in 1890 . During the outbreak of the Crimean War , many English industrialists and inventors became interested in military technology . According to Bessemer , his invention was inspired by a conversation with Napoleon III in 1854 pertaining to the steel required for better artillery . Bessemer claimed that it `` was the spark which kindled one of the greatest revolutions that the present century had to record , for during my solitary ride in a cab that night from Vincennes to Paris , I made up my mind to try what I could to improve the quality of iron in the manufacture of guns . '' At the time steel was used to make only small items like cutlery and tools , but was too expensive for cannons . Starting in January 1855 he began working on a way to produce steel in the massive quantities required for artillery and by October he filed his first patent related to the Bessemer process . He patented the method a year later in 1856 . Henry | Bessemer process |
838470030_5911-6598 | Bessemer licensed the patent for his process to four ironmasters , for a total of £ 27,000 , but the licensees failed to produce the quality of steel he had promised -- it was `` rotten hot and rotten cold '' , according to his friend , William Clay -- and he later bought them back for £ 32,500 . His plan had been to offer the licenses to one company in each of several geographic areas , at a royalty price per ton that included a lower rate on a proportion of their output in order to encourage production , but not so large a proportion that they might decide to reduce their selling prices . By this method he hoped to cause the new process to gain in standing and market share . | Bessemer process |
838470030_6599-7074 | He realised that the technical problem was due to impurities in the iron and concluded that the solution lay in knowing when to turn off the flow of air in his process so that the impurities were burned off but just the right amount of carbon remained . However , despite spending tens of thousands of pounds on experiments , he could not find the answer . Certain grades of steel are sensitive to the 78 % nitrogen which was part of the air blast passing through the steel . | Bessemer process |
838470030_7075-7383 | Bessemer was sued by the patent purchasers who could n't get it to work . In the end Bessemer set up his own steel company because he knew how to do it , even though he could not convey it to his patent users . Bessemer 's company became one of the largest in the world and changed the face of steel making . | Bessemer process |
838470030_7384-8115 | The solution was first discovered by English metallurgist Robert Forester Mushet , who had carried out thousands of experiments in the Forest of Dean . His method was to first burn off , as far as possible , all the impurities and carbon , then reintroduce carbon and manganese by adding an exact amount of spiegeleisen . This had the effect of improving the quality of the finished product , increasing its malleability -- its ability to withstand rolling and forging at high temperatures and making it more suitable for a vast array of uses . Mushet 's patent ultimately lapsed due to Mushet 's inability to pay the patent fees and was acquired by Bessemer . Bessemer earned over 5 million dollars in royalties from the patents . | Bessemer process |
838470030_8116-8667 | The first company to license the process was the Manchester firm of W & J Galloway , and they did so before Bessemer announced it at Cheltenham in 1856 . They are not included in his list of the four to whom he refunded the license fees . However , they subsequently rescinded their license in 1858 in return for the opportunity to invest in a partnership with Bessemer and others . This partnership began to manufacture steel in Sheffield from 1858 , initially using imported charcoal pig iron from Sweden . This was the first commercial production . | Bessemer process |
838470030_8720-9439 | Alexander Lyman Holley contributed significantly to the success of Bessemer steel in the United States . His A Treatise on Ordnance and Armor is an important work on contemporary weapons manufacturing and steel - making practices . In 1862 , he visited Bessemer 's Sheffield works , and became interested in licensing the process for use in the US . Upon returning to the US , Holley met with two iron producers from Troy , New York , John F. Winslow and John Augustus Griswold , who asked him to return to the United Kingdom and negotiate with the Bank of England on their behalf . Holley secured a license for Griswold and Winslow to use Bessemer 's patented processes and returned to the United States in late 1863 . | Bessemer process |
838470030_9440-10003 | The trio began setting up a mill in Troy , New York in 1865 . The factory contained a number of Holley 's innovations that greatly improved productivity over Bessemer 's factory in Sheffield , and the owners gave a successful public exhibition in 1867 . The Troy factory attracted the attention of the Pennsylvania Railroad , which wanted to use the new process to manufacture steel rail . It funded Holley 's second mill as part of its Pennsylvania Steel subsidiary . Between 1866 and 1877 , the partners were able to license a total of 11 Bessemer steel mills . | Bessemer process |
838470030_10004-10974 | One of the investors they attracted was Andrew Carnegie , who saw great promise in the new steel technology after a visit to Bessemer in 1872 , and saw it as a useful adjunct to his existing businesses , the Keystone Bridge Company and the Union Iron Works . Holley built the new steel mill for Carnegie , and continued to improve and refine the process . The new mill , known as the Edgar Thomson Steel Works , opened in 1875 , and started the growth of the United States as a major world steel producer . Using the Bessemer process , Carnegie Steel was able to reduce the costs of steel railroad rails from $100 per ton to $50 per ton between 1873 and 1875 . The price of steel continued to fall until Carnegie was selling rails for $18 per ton by the 1890s . Prior to the opening of Carnegie 's Thomson Works ) ) , steel output in the United States totaled around 157,000 tons per year . By 1910 , American companies were producing 26 million tons of steel annually . | Bessemer process |
838470030_10975-11230 | William Walker Scranton , manager and owner of the Lackawanna Iron & Coal Company in Scranton , Pennsylvania , had also investigated the process in Europe . He built a mill in 1876 using the Bessemer process for steel rails and quadrupled his production . | Bessemer process |
838470030_11231-11803 | Bessemer steel was primarily used in the United States for railroad rails . During the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge , a major dispute arose over whether crucible steel should be used instead of the cheaper Bessemer steel . In 1877 , Abram Hewitt wrote a letter urging against the use of Bessemer steel in the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge . Bids had been submitted for both crucible steel and Bessemer steel ; John A. Roebling 's Sons submitted the lowest bid for Bessemer steel , but at Hewitt 's direction , the contract was awarded to J. Lloyd Haigh Co ... | Bessemer process |
838470030_11863-12067 | Using the Bessemer process , it took between 10 and 20 minutes to convert three to five tons of iron into steel -- it used to take at least a full day of heating , stirring and reheating to achieve this . | Bessemer process |
838470030_12087-13006 | The blowing of air through the molten pig iron introduces oxygen into the melt which results in oxidation , removing impurities found in the pig iron , such as silicon , manganese , and carbon in the form of oxides . These oxides either escape as gas or form a solid slag . The refractory lining of the converter also plays a role in the conversion -- clay linings are used when there is little phosphorus in the raw material - this is known as the acid Bessemer process . When the phosphorus content is high , dolomite , or sometimes magnesite , linings are used in the alkaline Bessemer limestone process . These are also known as Gilchrist - Thomas converters , after their inventors , Percy Gilchrist and Sidney Gilchrist Thomas . In order to produce steel with desired properties , additives such as spiegeleisen ( a ferromanganese alloy ) , can be added to the molten steel once the impurities have been removed . | Bessemer process |
838470030_13037-13721 | When the required steel had been formed , it was poured into ladles and then transferred into moulds while the lighter slag was left behind . The conversion process , called the `` blow '' , was completed in approximately 20 minutes . During this period the progress of the oxidation of the impurities was judged by the appearance of the flame issuing from the mouth of the converter . The modern use of photoelectric methods of recording the characteristics of the flame greatly aided the blower in controlling final product quality . After the blow , the liquid metal was recarburized to the desired point and other alloying materials were added , depending on the desired product . | Bessemer process |
838470030_13722-13915 | A Bessemer converter could treat a `` heat '' ( batch of hot metal ) of 5 to 30 tons at a time . They were usually operated in pairs , one being blown while another was being filled or tapped . | Bessemer process |
838470030_13995-15021 | Before the Bessemer process , steel could only be made from wrought iron . Wrought iron was made by reducing the carbon content of pig iron . The traditional way to remove carbon from pig iron was to heat the pig iron directly in a fire and hit it with a hammer . This method was extremely labor intensive and by the early 19th century it had been replaced by the puddling process . Until technological advances made it possible to work at higher heats , slag impurities could not be removed entirely , but the reverberatory furnace made it possible to heat iron without placing it directly in the fire , offering some degree of protection from the impurity of the fuel source . Thus , with the advent of this technology , coal began to replace charcoal fuel . The Bessmer process allowed steel to be produced without fuel , using the impurities of the iron to create the necessary heat . This drastically reduced the costs of steel production , but raw materials with the required characteristics could be difficult to find . | Bessemer process |
838470030_15022-15793 | High - quality steel was made by the reverse process of adding carbon to carbon - free wrought iron , usually imported from Sweden . The manufacturing process , called the cementation process , consisted of heating bars of wrought iron together with charcoal for periods of up to a week in a long stone box . This produced blister steel . The blister steel was put in a crucible with wrought iron and melted , producing crucible steel . Up to 3 tons of expensive coke was burnt for each ton of steel produced . Such steel when rolled into bars was sold at £ 50 to £ 60 ( approximately £ 3,390 to £ 4,070 in 2008 ) a long ton . The most difficult and work - intensive part of the process , however , was the production of wrought iron done in finery forges in Sweden . | Bessemer process |
838470030_15794-16516 | This process was refined in the 18th century with the introduction of Benjamin Huntsman 's crucible steel - making techniques , which added an additional three hours firing time and required additional large quantities of coke . In making crucible steel , the blister steel bars were broken into pieces and melted in small crucibles , each containing 20 kg or so . This produced higher quality crucible steel but increased the cost . The Bessemer process reduced the time needed to make steel of this quality to about half an hour while requiring only the coke needed initially to melt the pig iron . The earliest Bessemer converters produced steel for £ 7 a long ton , although it initially sold for around £ 40 a ton . | Bessemer process |
838470030_16566-17455 | Sidney Gilchrist Thomas , a Londoner with a Welsh father , was an industrial chemist who decided to tackle the problem of phosphorus in iron , which resulted in the production of low grade steel . Believing that he had discovered a solution , he contacted his cousin , Percy Gilchrist , who was a chemist at the Blaenavon ironworks . The manager at the time , Edward Martin , offered Sidney equipment for large - scale testing and helped him draw up a patent that was taken out in May , 1878 . Sidney Gilchrist Thomas 's invention consisted of using dolomite or sometimes limestone linings for the Bessemer converter rather than clay , and it became known as the ' basic ' Bessemer rather than the ' acid ' Bessemer process . An additional advantage was that the processes formed more slag in the converter , and this could be recovered and used very profitably as a phosphate fertilizer . | Bessemer process |
838470030_17536-17968 | In 1898 , Scientific American published an article called Bessemer Steel and its Effect on the World explaining the significant economic effects of the increased supply in cheap steel . They noted that the expansion of railroads into previously sparsely inhabited regions of the country had led to settlement in those regions , and had made the trade of certain goods profitable , which had previously been too costly to transport . | Bessemer process |
838470030_17969-18813 | The Bessemer process revolutionized steel manufacture by decreasing its cost , from £ 40 per long ton to £ 6 -- 7 per long ton , along with greatly increasing the scale and speed of production of this vital raw material . The process also decreased the labor requirements for steel - making . Before it was introduced , steel was far too expensive to make bridges or the framework for buildings and thus wrought iron had been used throughout the Industrial Revolution . After the introduction of the Bessemer process , steel and wrought iron became similarly priced , and some users , primarily railroads , turned to steel . Quality problems , such as brittleness caused by nitrogen in the blowing air , prevented Bessemer steel from being used for many structural applications . Open - hearth steel was suitable for structural applications . | Bessemer process |
838470030_18814-19143 | Steel greatly improved the productivity of railroads . Steel rails lasted ten times longer than iron rails . Steel rails , which became heavier as prices fell , could carry heavier locomotives , which could pull longer trains . Steel rail cars were longer and were able to increase the freight to car weight from 1 : 1 to 2 : 1 . | Bessemer process |
838470030_19144-20227 | As early as 1895 in the UK it was being noted that the heyday of the Bessemer process was over and that the open hearth method predominated . The Iron and Coal Trades Review said that it was `` in a semi-moribund condition . Year after year , it has not only ceased to make progress , but it has absolutely declined . '' It has been suggested , both at that time and more recently , that the cause of this was the lack of trained personnel and investment in technology rather than anything intrinsic to the process itself . For example , one of the major causes of the decline of the giant ironmaking company Bolckow Vaughan of Middlesbrough was its failure to upgrade its technology . The basic process , the Thomas - Gilchrist process , remained in use longer , especially in Continental Europe , where iron ores were of high phosphorus content and the open - hearth process was not able to remove all phosphorus ; almost all inexpensive construction steel in Germany was produced with this method in the 1950s and 1960s . It was eventually superseded by basic oxygen steelmaking . | Bessemer process |
838470030_20250-21047 | In the U.S. , commercial steel production using this method stopped in 1968 . It was replaced by processes such as the basic oxygen ( Linz - Donawitz ) process , which offered better control of final chemistry . The Bessemer process was so fast ( 10 -- 20 minutes for a heat ) that it allowed little time for chemical analysis or adjustment of the alloying elements in the steel . Bessemer converters did not remove phosphorus efficiently from the molten steel ; as low - phosphorus ores became more expensive , conversion costs increased . The process permitted only limited amount of scrap steel to be charged , further increasing costs , especially when scrap was inexpensive . Use of electric arc furnace technology competed favourably with the Bessemer process resulting in its obsolescence . | Bessemer process |
838470030_21048-21535 | Basic oxygen steelmaking is essentially an improved version of the Bessemer process ( decarburization by blowing oxygen as gas into the heat rather than burning the excess carbon away by adding oxygen carrying substances into the heat ) . The advantages of pure oxygen blast over air blast was known to Henry Bessemer , but the 19th - century technology was not advanced enough to allow for the production of the large quantities of pure oxygen to make it economically feasible for use . | Bessemer process |
817446476_384-1110 | In the United States , Medicare is a single - payer , national social insurance program administered by the U.S. federal government since 1966 , currently using about 30 -- 50 private insurance companies across the United States under contract for administration . United States Medicare is funded by a payroll tax , premiums and surtaxes from beneficiaries , and general revenue . It provides health insurance for Americans aged 65 and older who have worked and paid into the system through the payroll tax . It also provides health insurance to younger people with some disability status as determined by the Social Security Administration , as well as people with end stage renal disease and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis . | Medicare (United States) |
817446476_1111-1721 | In 2015 , Medicare provided health insurance for over 55 million -- 46 million people age 65 and older and 9 million younger people . On average , Medicare covers about half of the health care charges for those enrolled . The enrollees must then cover their remaining costs either with supplemental insurance , separate insurance , or out - of - pocket . Out - of - pocket costs can vary depending on the amount of health care a Medicare enrollee needs . They might include the costs of uncovered services -- such as for long - term , dental , hearing , and vision care -- and supplemental insurance premiums . | Medicare (United States) |
817446476_1722-2235 | Medicare and Medicaid are the two government sponsored medical insurance schemes in the United States . Medicare is further divided into parts A and B - Medicare Part A covers hospital and hospice services ; Part B covers outpatient services . Part D covers self - administered prescription drugs . Part C is an alternative to the other parts intended to allow experimentation with differently structured plans in an effort to reduce costs to the government and allow patients to choose plans with more benefits . | Medicare (United States) |
817446476_3826-5279 | `` Medicare '' was the name originally given to a program providing medical care for families of individuals serving in the military as part of the Dependents ' Medical Care Act passed in 1956 . President Eisenhower held the first White House Conference on Aging in January 1961 , in which the creation of a program of health care for social security beneficiaries was proposed . In July 1965 , under the leadership of President Lyndon Johnson , Congress enacted Medicare under Title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide health insurance to people age 65 and older , regardless of income or medical history . Johnson signed the bill into law on July 30 , 1965 at the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library in Independence , Missouri . Former President Truman and his wife , former First Lady Bess Truman became the first recipients of the program . Before Medicare 's creation , approximately 60 % of those over 65 had health insurance , with coverage often unavailable or unaffordable to many others , because older adults paid more than three times as much for health insurance as younger people . Many of this latter group ( about 20 % of the total in 2015 ) became `` dual eligible '' for both Medicare and Medicaid with the passage of the law . In 1966 , Medicare spurred the racial integration of thousands of waiting rooms , hospital floors , and physician practices by making payments to health care providers conditional on desegregation . | Medicare (United States) |
817446476_5280-6106 | Medicare has been in operation for a half century and , during that time , has undergone several changes . Since 1965 , the provisions of Medicare have expanded to include benefits for speech , physical , and chiropractic therapy in 1972 . Medicare added the option of payments to health maintenance organizations in the 1980s . Over the years , Congress expanded Medicare eligibility to younger people who have permanent disabilities and receive Social Security Disability Insurance ( SSDI ) payments and those who have end - stage renal disease ( ESRD ) . The association with HMOs begun in the 1980s was formalized under President Clinton in 1997 as Medicare Part C. In 2003 , under President George W. Bush , a Medicare program for covering almost all drugs was passed ( and went into effect in 2006 ) as Medicare Part D . | Medicare (United States) |
817446476_6107-6367 | The government added hospice benefits to aid the elderly on a temporary basis in 1982 , and made this permanent in 1984 . Congress further expanded Medicare in 2001 to cover younger people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis ( ALS , or Lou Gehrig 's disease ) . | Medicare (United States) |
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817446476_7975-8821 | The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ( CMS ) , a component of the Department of Health and Human Services ( HHS ) , administers Medicare , Medicaid , the Children 's Health Insurance Program ( CHIP ) , the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments ( CLIA ) and parts of the Affordable Care Act ( ACA ) . Along with the Departments of Labor and Treasury , CMS also implements the insurance reform provisions of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 ( HIPAA ) and most aspects of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ( PPACA ) of 2010 as amended . The Social Security Administration is responsible for determining Medicare eligibility , eligibility for and payment of Extra Help / Low Income Subsidy payments related to Part D Medicare , and collecting some premium payments for the Medicare program . | Medicare (United States) |
817446476_8822-9226 | The Chief Actuary of CMS is responsible for providing accounting information and cost - projections to the Medicare Board of Trustees to assist them in assessing the financial health of the program . The Board is required by law to issue annual reports on the financial status of the Medicare Trust Funds , and those reports are required to contain a statement of actuarial opinion by the Chief Actuary . | Medicare (United States) |
817446476_9227-9767 | Since the beginning of the Medicare program , CMS ( that was not always the name of the responsible bureaucracy ) has contracted with private insurance companies to operate as intermediaries between the government and medical providers to administer Part A and Part B benefits . Contracted processes include claims and payment processing , call center services , clinician enrollment , and fraud investigation . Beginning in 1997 and 2005 respectively , these and other insurance companies also began administering Part C and Part D plans . | Medicare (United States) |
817446476_9768-10250 | The Specialty Society Relative Value Scale Update Committee ( or Relative Value Update Committee ; RUC ) , composed of physicians associated with the American Medical Association , advises the government about pay standards for Medicare patient procedures performed by doctors and other professionals under Medicare Part B. A similar but different CMS system determines the rates paid acute care and other hospitals -- including skilled nursing facilities -- under Medicare Part A . | Medicare (United States) |
817446476_10314-11214 | Part A 's inpatient admitted hospital and skilled nursing coverage is largely funded by revenue from a 2.9 % payroll tax levied on employers and workers ( each pay 1.45 % ) . Until December 31 , 1993 , the law provided a maximum amount of compensation on which the Medicare tax could be imposed each year , in the same way that the Social Security tax works in the United States . Beginning January 1 , 1994 , the compensation limit was removed . Self - employed individuals must pay the entire 2.9 % tax on self - employed net earnings ( because they are both employee and employer ) , but may deduct half of the tax from the income in calculating income tax . Beginning in 2013 , the rate of Part A tax on earned income exceeding US $200,000 for individuals ( US $250,000 for married couples filing jointly ) rose to 3.8 % , in order to pay part of the cost of the subsidies mandated by the PPACA . | Medicare (United States) |
817446476_11215-11651 | Parts B and D are partially funded by premiums paid by Medicare enrollees and general fund revenue . In 2006 a surtax was added to Part B premium for higher - income seniors to partially fund Part D. In the PPACA legislation of 2010 , a surtax was added to the Part D premium for higher income seniors to partially fund PPACA and the number of Part B beneficiaries subject to the 2006 surtax was doubled , also partially to fund PPACA . | Medicare (United States) |
817446476_11652-12006 | Parts A and B / D use separate trust funds to receive and disburse the funds mentioned above . Part C uses these two trust funds as well in a proportion determined by CMS that reflect the fact that Part C beneficiaries are fully on Parts A and B of Medicare but that their medical needs are paid for per capita rather than `` fee for service '' ( FFS ) . | Medicare (United States) |
817446476_12007-12150 | In 2015 , Medicare spending accounted for about 15 % of total United States Federal spending . This share is projected to exceed 17 % by 2020 . | Medicare (United States) |
817446476_12151-13010 | Retirement of the Baby Boom generation -- which by 2030 is projected to increase enrollment to more than 80 million as the number of workers per enrollee declines from 3.7 to 2.4 -- and rising overall health care costs pose substantial financial challenges to the program . Medicare spending is projected to increase from $523 billion in 2010 to just over $1 trillion by 2022 . Baby - boomers ' health is also an important factor : 20 % have five or more chronic conditions , which will add to the future cost of health care ( www.cms.gov , 2012 ) . In response to these financial challenges , Congress made substantial cuts to future payouts to providers as part of PPACA in 2010 and the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 ( MACRA ) and policymakers have offered a number of additional competing proposals to reduce Medicare costs further . | Medicare (United States) |
817446476_13011-13627 | Nearly one in three dollars spent on Medicare flows through one of several cost - reduction programs . Cost reduction is influenced by factors including reduction in inappropriate and unnecessary care by evaluating evidence - based practices as well as reducing the amount of unnecessary , duplicative , and inappropriate care . Cost reduction may also be effected by reducing medical errors , investment in healthcare information technology , improving transparency of cost and quality data , increasing administrative efficiency , and by developing both clinical and non-clinical guidelines and quality standards . | Medicare (United States) |
817446476_13649-14018 | In general , all persons 65 years of age or older who have been legal residents of the United States for at least five years are eligible for Medicare . People with disabilities under 65 may also be eligible if they receive Social Security Disability Insurance ( SSDI ) benefits . Specific medical conditions may also help people become eligible to enroll in Medicare . | Medicare (United States) |
817446476_14019-14147 | People qualify for Medicare coverage , and Medicare Part A premiums are entirely waived , if the following circumstances apply : | Medicare (United States) |
817446476_14148-14358 | They are 65 years or older and US citizens or have been permanent legal residents for five continuous years , and they or their spouse ( or qualifying ex-spouse ) has paid Medicare taxes for at least 10 years . | Medicare (United States) |
817446476_14362-14686 | They are under 65 , disabled , and have been receiving either Social Security SSDI benefits or Railroad Retirement Board disability benefits ; they must receive one of these benefits for at least 24 months from date of entitlement ( eligibility for first disability payment ) before becoming eligible to enroll in Medicare . | Medicare (United States) |
817446476_14690-14776 | They get continuing dialysis for end stage renal disease or need a kidney transplant . | Medicare (United States) |
817446476_14777-14986 | Those who are 65 and older who choose to enroll in Part A Medicare must pay a monthly premium to remain enrolled in Medicare Part A if they or their spouse have not paid the qualifying Medicare payroll taxes . | Medicare (United States) |
817446476_14987-15729 | People with disabilities who receive SSDI are eligible for Medicare while they continue to receive SSDI payments ; they lose eligibility for Medicare based on disability if they stop receiving SSDI . The 24 - month exclusion means that people who become disabled must wait two years before receiving government medical insurance , unless they have one of the listed diseases . The 24 - month period is measured from the date that an individual is determined to be eligible for SSDI payments , not necessarily when the first payment is actually received . Many new SSDI recipients receive `` back '' disability pay , covering a period that usually begins six months from the start of disability and ending with the first monthly SSDI payment . | Medicare (United States) |
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