Affordable Care Act Brought the Uninsured Rate to 9.1%

The Affordable Care Act and its focus on Medicaid expansion did make healthcare coverage more accessible for residents of many states. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act has made a tremendous impact on healthcare coverage among Americans. An extra 20 million people now have healthcare access do due to the health insurance exchanges. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention along with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released a report showing that the uninsured rate fell to 9.1 percent across the country in 2015...