CDC finds no health coverage gains from 2015 to 2016

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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