Nationwide, the uninsured rate has dropped by 6.3 points since 2013. It has dropped by even more for poor people… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
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ObamaCare Home Run
Uninsured rate cut in half. Delivered 1/3 under projections.
In the real world, that would rate the #ACA a home ru… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
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Andy Slavitt (@ASlavitt) March 05, 2017Unambiguous good news: Data out today shows uninsured rate remains at record low. cdc.gov/nchs/data/nhis… https://t.co/UUuMOMs4hY
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Dan Diamond (@ddiamond) February 14, 2017
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Sarah Frostenson: America’s Uninsured Rate Just Dropped To A New Low
Fewer Americans are uninsured than ever before, new federal data shows.Quarterly numbers from the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) show that the uninsured rate fell to 8.6 percent during the first three months of 2016. That’s the lowest rate the government has on record.
States that opted to expand Medicaid coverage to include lower-income individuals have managed to cut their uninsured rate from 18.4 percent in 2013 to 9.2 percent in the first three months of 2016. The uninsured rate has fallen most dramatically for nonwhite adults since 2013. For Hispanic adults, the uninsured rate has been cut nearly in half, dropping from 40.6 percent in 2013 to 24.5 percent in 2016.
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America’s uninsured rate just dropped to a new low vox.com/2016/9/7/12815… https://t.co/p2j3wKywO2
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Vox (@voxdotcom) September 07, 2016Uninsured rate falls below 9 percent for first time hill.cm/vbE9Cnl https://t.co/jx7YK7ytII
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Guttmacher Institute: Fewer U.S. Women Of Reproductive Age Were Uninsured In 2014
The percentage of women of reproductive age who were uninsured dropped sharply between 2013 and 2014, the first full year of implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The decrease among women aged 15–44, calculated by the Guttmacher Institute, mirrors broader national trends reported by the U.S. Census Bureau. This includes steeper drops in the uninsured rate in states that expanded Medicaid under the ACA compared with the rates in those states that did not. The proportion of reproductive-age women without health insurance declined by more than one-fifth between 2013 and 2014, from 17.9% to 13.9%. The change appears to have been driven primarily by gains in Medicaid coverage (from 17.2% to 20.2%). There was a small increase in the proportion of women with private health insurance, from 60.9% to 62.1%.
Gains in insurance coverage among reproductive-age women who live below the poverty line were substantial as well. The uninsured rate dropped by one-fifth, from 32.1% in 2013 to 25.6% in 2014. The gains in the proportion of women aged 15–44 who have insurance coverage has significant implications for access to health care in general, and to sexual and reproductive health care in particular. Medicaid has long offered a very robust package of sexual and reproductive health care services, including family planning services and supplies without out-of-pocket costs for enrollees. And the ACA has spurred significant improvements in private plans’ coverage; most notably, the contraceptive coverage guarantee ensures that privately insured women can access the full range of 18 Food and Drug Administration–approved contraceptive methods for women without out-of-pocket costs.
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HUGE progress for women in first full year of ACA. bit.ly/1janksP #ThanksObamacare http://t.co/ql6WOik447
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Cecile Richards (@CecileRichards) September 23, 2015
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Dan Diamond: Thanks, Obamacare: America’s Uninsured Rate Is Below 10% For First Time Ever
For the first time in more than 50 years of surveys, the CDC on Wednesday reported that more than 90% of Americans — 90.8% of us, to be specific — have health insurance. Until now, no major survey had ever found that the uninsured rate in America has hit single digits. The data comes from the National Health Interview Survey, which the CDC and the Census Bureau have been conducting for more than 50 years.
Nearly 16 million fewer Americans were uninsured in early 2015 compared to 2013. And based on past precedent, there’s every expectation that the uninsured rate will continue to go down as enrollment in the ACA exchanges and Medicaid keeps going up. Having more insured customers is good for the health care industry, too. Hospitals are reporting huge jobs gains, and the health care sector is reporting its best 12-month stretch of new jobs in almost 25 years.
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I'm 36. I grew up poor...and I used health insurance for the 1st time in my life today. I can't even tell you what a big deal it is to me.
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Cristela Alonzo (@cristela9) September 05, 2015It's been 33 years since America's uninsured problem was this small → bit.ly/1PQDMJi via @voxdotcom
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HHS.gov (@HHSGov) August 26, 2015
President Barack Obama plays basketball during a visit to the McIntosh family farm in Missouri Valley, Iowa, Aug. 13, 2012. The President toured a cornfield on the family farm to view the effect the drought is having on crops. Photo by Pete Souza
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The uninsured rate is now down to single digits for the first time—thanks to #Obamacare: ofa.bo/h9Ig http://t.co/XI0wBEyqZT
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Peter Sullivan: 16M Fewer Uninsured Since ObamaCare, Study Finds
The number of people without health insurance has declined by 15.8 million since ObamaCare’s coverage expansion took effect, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The National Health Interview Survey finds that the number of uninsured people has declined from 44.8 million in 2013, before ObamaCare’s coverage expansion took effect, to 29 million in the first quarter of 2015. The uninsured rate fell from 14.4 percent in 2013 to 9.2 percent in 2015, according to the CDC.
The CDC report follows other studies that have found similar drops in the uninsured rate under ObamaCare. The Obama administration estimated in March that 16.4 million people had gained coverage under the law, using Gallup survey data. On Monday, Gallup released a survey showing the uninsured rate had fallen from 17.3 percent in 2013 to 11.7 percent. The survey also found that there are now seven states with uninsured rates at or below 5 percent: Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Vermont, Minnesota, Iowa, Connecticut and Hawaii. Before this year, only Massachusetts had a rate that low.
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President Barack Obama talks with farmers during a tour of the McIntosh family farm to view the effects of the drought, in Missouri Valley, Iowa, Aug. 13, 2012. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, foreground, joins the President. Photo by Pete Souza
First Lady Michelle Obama and U.S. Olympic gymnast Gabby Douglas discuss the 2012 Summer Olympic Games during an appearance on “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” at the Tonight Show Studio in Burbank, Calif., Aug. 13, 2012. Photo by Sonya N. Hebert
President Barack Obama delivers remarks during an Iftar dinner celebrating Ramadan in the State Dining Room of the White House, Aug. 13, 2010. Photo by Pete Souza
President Barack Obama listens to National Security Advisor General James Jones, second from left, during a meeting in the Situation Room of the White House, on Aug. 13, 2009. Photo by Pete Souza
President Barack Obama talks with Senior Advisor David Alexrod on the Colonnade of the White House on Aug. 13, 2009. Photo by Pete Souza
President Barack Obama plays basketball at the McIntosh family farm in Missouri Valley, Iowa, Aug. 13, 2012. The President toured a cornfield on the farm to view the effect the drought is having on crops. Photo by Pete Souza
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Sarah Kliff: Under Obamacare, America’s Uninsured Rate Has Fallen 35 Percent
14.1 million Americans have gained health plans since Obamacare’s coverage expansion began in 2014.
An additional 2.3 million young adults gained coverage between 2010 and 2013 — after Obamacare began requiring employer plans to offer dependent coverage through age 26. Federal officials say this is the largest drop in the uninsured rate since 1965, when Medicare and Medicaid began.
A new report from Health and Human Services finds that the uninsured rate has fallen from 20.3 percent prior to the health-care law down to 13.2 percent at the start of 2015. This is a 7.1 percentage-point decrease in the uninsured rate — or, to put it another way, a 35-percent decline in the number of Americans who lack insurance coverage. “Nothing since the implementation of Medicare and Medicaid has come close to this kind of change,” says Richard Frank, assistant secretary for evaluation and planning at Health and Human Services.
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RT to spread the word: America's uninsured rate is the lowest it's ever been → go.wh.gov/8Ey8Yz #ACAWorks http://t.co/iF0uPFFuRg
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The White House (@WhiteHouse) June 29, 2015Under Obamacare, America’s uninsured rate has fallen 35 percent bit.ly/1GtCnTb http://t.co/qKdA1F6tky
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Vox (@voxdotcom) June 25, 2015****
"The Affordable Care Act still stands, it is working, and it is here to stay." —@POTUS: go.wh.gov/9WT6nm #ACAWorks
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The White House (@WhiteHouse) June 27, 2015"So far more than 16 million uninsured Americans have gained coverage." —@POTUS on the Affordable Care Act: go.wh.gov/9WT6nm #ACAWorks
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The White House (@WhiteHouse) June 28, 2015****
"We’re going to keep working to make health care in America even better and more affordable." —@POTUS: go.wh.gov/9WT6nm #ACAWorks
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The White House (@WhiteHouse) June 28, 2015"If you’re a parent, you can keep your kids on your plan until they turn 26." —@POTUS: go.wh.gov/9WT6nm #ACAWorks
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The White House (@WhiteHouse) June 27, 2015****
The Affordable Care Act is here to stay.
And it's benefiting millions of Americans → go.wh.gov/8Ey8Yz #ACAWorks snpy.tv/1TPbUZq
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The White House (@WhiteHouse) June 29, 2015Amen.
go.wh.gov/8Ey8Yz #ACAWorks http://t.co/VLHINdv9dU
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The White House (@WhiteHouse) June 29, 2015
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Dave Gilson: 20 Obamacare Stats Republicans Don’t Want You to See
• Nearly 30 million Americans have gotten health insurance under Obamacare.
• The rate of uninsured adults has dropped to 12.3%.
Percentage of insurance exchange customers who’d previously been uninsured: 57%
• Annual number of people who would be uninsured over the next decade if not for Obamcare: 24 to 27 million
• The Congressional Budget Office’s latest estimate of how much Obamacare’s subsidies will cost: $209 billion less than projected
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Mike Corones: Mapping Obamacare Grants: Which States Got What?
Politics makes for odd sickbed funding. When Texas Senator Ted Cruz made his plans to run for president official, the announcement came with an awkward revelation: Cruz, who has made opposition to the law his signature, would have to enroll in Obamacare.
But Cruz isn’t the only GOP presidential hopeful to hold his nose and accept some filthy healthcare lucre. As this Reuters graphic shows, since 2010, Affordable Care Act (ACA) grants have doled out varying amounts to states, from less than $10 million to over $500 million. Some of those grants have gone to some surprising places: A Reuters exclusive from Andy Sullivan reveals that Governors Scott Walker of Wisconsin, Chris Christie of New Jersey, Bobby Jindal of Louisiana and former Texas Governor Rick Perry collectively applied for and won at least $352 million in ACA grants.
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20 Obamacare stats the GOP doesn't want you to see bit.ly/1G3PDRp http://t.co/zSmIzP5oa1
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Mother Jones (@MotherJones) March 24, 2015Which states are getting the most money from #Obamacare? Data Dive; reut.rs/1P3mc5N http://t.co/numWMfyhhs
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@THE_DAILY_BLEAT @MotherJones it has save my family $200 a month over what we were paying before so speak for yourself
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Tony Laughlin (@Efi2nr) March 24, 2015@MotherJones @shrivercenter This program is working for millions who couldn't afford to pay for their expensive health care any longer.
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Jeffrey Young: Uninsured Rate Gets Lower And Lower, Thanks To Obamacare
The Affordable Care Act was designed to slash the percentage of Americans who lack health insurance, and it’s working. The uninsured rate fell to 11.9 percent during the first quarter of this year, 1 percentage point below the rate at the close of 2014, according to the findings of a Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index poll published Monday. The decline coincides with the start of benefits for new Obamacare enrollees at the beginning of 2015. The latest uninsured figure from the Gallup survey is the lowest since the polling firm began tracking the number in 2008, and contributes to a remarkable decline of 5.2 percentage points in the share of people without health coverage since the end of 2013, just before the first wave of Obamacare health insurance enrollees joined the ranks of the insured.
African-Americans, Hispanics and people with low incomes saw the greatest gains in insurance coverage, Gallup found. the pollsters conclude that Obamacare is mostly responsible for the current trend because the uninsured rate is lower than it was in early 2008, when the economy was in recession. About 12 million people are covered by private health insurance obtained via the exchanges, according to the Department of Health and Human Services. A separate analysis published by the department last month estimates that 16 million fewer Americans are uninsured because of the Obamacare coverage expansion, including the exchanges and Medicaid.
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Since the ACA passed, the uninsured rate
↓ 52.5% in states that expanded Medicaid
↓ 30.6% in states that didn't http://t.co/Zcxa4K449C
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Dan Diamond (@ddiamond) April 16, 2015The uninsured rate gets lower and lower, thanks to Obamacare huff.to/1NxNwen
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HuffPost Politics (@HuffPostPol) April 14, 2015
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