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Nye Bevan

(25,406 posts)
Fri Jul 10, 2015, 03:17 PM Jul 2015

Health uninsured rate falls, yet again, under Obamacare

The sharp plunge in the number of Americans lacking health coverage has continued, reaching a seven-year low, as Obamacare exchanges and Medicaid enroll more people.

In the second quarter of this year, 11.4 percent of adults lacked some kind of health insurance, a half-percentage point drop from the prior quarter, according to the tracking survey released Friday by the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index.

The uninsured rate has fallen nearly 6 percentage points since late 2013, right before much of the Affordable Care Act took effect.

The biggest decreases in uninsured rates came among Hispanics, African-Americans and low-income people, according to the latest survey, which relied on 44,000 interviews.

http://www.cnbc.com/2015/07/10/health-uninsured-rate-falls-yet-again-under-obamacare.html


It's not perfect, but it's pretty damn good and it's doing what it is supposed to do. Petulantly threatening the ACA without having any credible alternative will probably play a large part in dooming the Republican candidate next year.

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Health uninsured rate falls, yet again, under Obamacare (Original Post) Nye Bevan Jul 2015 OP
Thanks Obama! Coventina Jul 2015 #1
K&R Tarheel_Dem Jul 2015 #2
But did Obama care stop the drought in Cali?! NO!?!? Well there it is then!! / sarcasm uponit7771 Jul 2015 #3
sad rtracey Jul 2015 #4
I agree SmittynMo Jul 2015 #5
+1 uponit7771 Jul 2015 #7
I would love to personally thank him SmittynMo Jul 2015 #6
 

rtracey

(2,062 posts)
4. sad
Fri Jul 10, 2015, 04:32 PM
Jul 2015

You know....its really sad that we as adults in a forum setting need to add sarcasm after our jokes....

SmittynMo

(3,544 posts)
6. I would love to personally thank him
Fri Jul 10, 2015, 04:48 PM
Jul 2015

Saved my ass in our time of need. He made insurance more affordable for the less fortunate. I'm in that group now. No one wants you at 60.

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