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Friday, July 25th, 2014

Study on New Health Coverage Indicates Insurance is Now Available to More Than 10 Million People

Author:     BREWSTER MILLER
Source:     Dumbout
Publication Date:     25 July 2014 (used)
 Link: Study on New Health Coverage Indicates Insurance is Now Available to More Than 10 Million People
Stephan:   More good news about the expansion of healthcare under the ACA. The lieves of millions have been improved. I think the Republicans have made an historic political miscalculation, since even their base has benefited. And I can see an upside: there could be enough people awakened as to why ACA is a good idea that Republicans lose seats because voters push back. The 2014 election is going to tell us a lot about our future.

The new report published on Wednesday in The New England Journal of Medicine indicates a 10.3 million decline in the number of Americans that have no health insurance. This finding has been submitted by the Harvard School of Public Health and the Department of Health and Human Services. A reduction in the rate of uninsured adults in the age bracket from 18 to 64 was noticed from 21% in September 2013 to 16.3% in April 2014. This rate has declined among different racial and ethnic groups of all ages according to surveys and data compiled by HHS. The highest gains have been among Hispanics, blacks and young adults.

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This decline in the uninsured rate has been noticeable in the District of Columbia and in 25 states that have adopted the Medicaid program for Obamacare expansion. The rate of decline in these state were recorded as 6% as against 3.1% in the other 25 non-expanding states.

The CBO project stated that while the reduction of uninsured would total to around 12 million Americans, nearly 42 million will still lack coverage.

The New England Journal of Medicine reports that more Americans were able to afford a personal doctor and pay for medical care in the […]

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