Health Payer Intelligence September 1, 2017
Since the start of the Affordable Care Act, 20.5 million more individuals have gained health insurance coverage.
20.5 million more individuals have gained health insurance coverage since the implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in 2010, according to a new report from the CDC and the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS).
In the first three months of 2017, the percentage of persons of all ages who were uninsured at the time of the report was 8.8 percent (28.1 million). The data suggests there has been a mild drop in the 2016 uninsured rate of 9.0 percent (28.6 million).
However, the report does highlight a significant change from the 2010 uninsured population where 16 percent of the population, or...
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