The Affordable Care Act

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In my home, the Golden State of California, uninsured rate is halved.

"Rate of uninsured Californians is halved under Obamacare, survey finds." LATimes

http://www.latimes.com/business/heal...709-story.html

"The percentage of Californians without health insurance was cut in half in the last nine months during the federal health law's expansion of coverage, a new survey shows.
Nationwide, an estimated 9.5 million adults under the age of 65 gained health insurance between late summer 2013 and last month, according to a survey the Commonwealth Fund released Thursday.
The findings suggest that the Affordable Care Act is beginning to achieve its central goal.- Sara Collins, Commonwealth Fund

Those gains during the rollout of Obamacare dropped the nation's rate of uninsured from 20% last year to 15% now. The change was even larger in California with the proportion of uninsured declining from 22% in late summer 2013 to 11% by early June, the survey found.
A separate report in December said there were an estimated 7 million Californians without health insurance in 2012, or 21.2% of the state's population, according to the California HealthCare Foundation. That was the seventh-highest percentage in the country at the time.
California officials expect more detailed figures on how many residents are newly insured to be available this fall from a statewide survey."