Monday, October 23, 2017

Under Trump, Uninsured Rate Rises For First Time Since Obamacare Took Effect

Alice Ollstein · Friday, October 20, 2017, 2:15 pm

A new Gallup survey released Friday shows a marked uptick in the number of Americans without health insurance since the Trump administration took office—a reversal after years of decline and a historic record low under the Obama administration.

Since the end of 2016, the survey found, the uninsured rate has climbed 1.4 percentage points, from 10.9 percent to 12.3 percent, with roughly 3.5 million more Americans uninsured. The current uninsured rate is the highest since the end of 2014.

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