Healthcare DIVE May 16, 2017
Shannon Muchmore

Dive Brief:

  • The uninsurance rate in the United States in 2016 was 9%, showing no change from 2015 after five consecutive years of coverage gains, according to a report published Tuesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
  • The stall in increasing coverage reflects less authoritative numbers from this year, which showed an uninsurance rate of 11.3% in the first quarter of this year, according to the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index.
  • The report notes a significant change in the number of people enrolled in Affordable Care Act (ACA) exchange plans from 3.4% or 9.1 million in the last quarter of 2015 to 4.3% or 11.6 million in the first quarter of 2016.

Dive Insight:

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Topics: ACA (Affordable Care Act), CMS, Health System / Hospital, HHS, Market Research, Medicaid, Medicare, Medicare Advantage, Patient / Consumer, Payer, Physician, Primary care, Private Exchange, Provider, Public Exchange, Self-insured
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