Gallup poll says rates of uninsured continue to drop in most states According to a Gallup poll released Monday, the national uninsured rate has fallen to 11.7 percent, down from 17.3 percent in 2013. The poll shows that states that have expanded Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act – and have at least helped in the running of their health insurance marketplaces, rather than leaving it entirely to the federal government – have seen larger drops in uninsured rates. In the 22 states that took both of those measures, including California, the uninsured rate dropped to an average of 7.1 percent. California's uninsured ... August 17, 2015 Managed Care, Medi-Cal, Medicare Affordable Care Act, Health Insurance Exchange, Uninsured, ACA, Insurance 0 0 Comment Read More »
Gallup poll finds U.S. uninsured rate at lowest level in seven years. According to a nationwide Gallup Poll, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has steadily reduced the number of people without insurance across the United States. The group conducted phone interviews (landline and cell) in 2013 and 2014, as part of the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index, with a random sample of 178,072 adults in 2013 and 176,702 adults in 2014. The survey found that the nationwide rate of uninsured adults declined from 17.3 percent in 2013 to 13.8 percent in 2014. The lowest uninsured rates continue to be primarily in the Northeast and ... March 9, 2015 Managed Care Insurance, Uninsured, Affordable Care Act 0 0 Comment Read More »
