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POLICY INSIGHT
BEYOND THE NUMBERS
BEYOND THE NUMBERS
Adults’ Uninsured Rate Falls Further, Reflecting Big Gains Under Health Reform
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The share of adults without health insurance fell again to 12.9 percent in the fourth quarter of 2014, new survey results from Gallup and Healthways show. This is down from 13.4 percent in the previous quarter and 17.1 percent in the fourth quarter of 2013, before health reform’s major coverage expansions — through Medicaid and subsidized marketplace coverage — took effect in January 2014. (See chart.) It’s also the lowest uninsured rate among adults since Gallup started collecting the survey data in 2008.