Census: Countys uninsured cut in half by Affordable Care Act

EVERETT — The percentage of working-age Snohomish County residents without health insurance dropped by half in the first two years after the federal health care law went into effect, according to a U.S. Census Bureau report.

The uninsured rate dropped from 14.5 to 7 percent between the end of 2013 and the end of 2015.

Snohomish County had plenty of company across the country. The uninsured rate for adults under age 65 decreased in 71.3 percent of the nation’s counties from 2014 to 2015, according to the Census Bureau.

The statistics were released the week after President Trump and Republicans in Congress agreed to withdraw a bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act, better known as Obamacare. There is still talk about trying to come up with different legislation.

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