The number of insured Americans just hit a new high
by Sarah Kliff at Vox
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/8/29/16223042/voxcare-record-insured-americans
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More Americans had health insurance during the first three months of 2017 than ever before, new federal data shows.
The National Center for Health Statistics published data Tuesday showing that 8.8 percent of Americans lacked coverage in a survey conducted from January to March of this year. This is relatively similar to (albeit a bit lower than) the numbers this federal center has recorded in recent years.
Their data shows that 20.5 million Americans have gained coverage since 2010, the year the Affordable Care Act became law.
The biggest gains in insurance coverage have been for minority groups and low-income Americans. The uninsured rate for Hispanic Americans, for example, fell from 40.6 percent in early 2013 (the year before Obamacare's coverage expansion took effect) to 24.1 percent in early 2017.
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