Print— The percentage of Americans who don’t have health insurance has dropped sharply since the fall of 2013, the Gallup Poll reported Monday, and has reached the lowest point since Gallup began polling on the uninsured in January of 2008. “The uninsured rate peaked at 18.0 percent in the third quarter of 2013, but has consistently declined since then,” Gallup reported. “The downward trend in the uninsured rate coincided with the health insurance marketplace exchange opening in October of 2013 and accelerated as the March 31st deadline to purchase health insurance coverage approached — and passed — for most uninsured Americans.” Despite the rocky start of the healthcare.gov website, eight [...]
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