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Fred Sanders

(23,946 posts)
Wed Feb 12, 2014, 06:57 PM Feb 2014

Obamacare Is Working And This Graph Proves It Beyond A Shadow Of A Doubt:

Because reducing the number of Americans subject to the devastation of having no health insurance coverage was the prime directive of the ACA, remember?



http://www.politico.com/story/2014/02/obamacare-enrollment-numbers-103451.html?hp=l1

"The poll, part of the Gallup-Healthways Well Being Index, shows 16% of Americans were uninsured as of Feb. 10, the last day the survey of 19,000 people was conducted. The poll was begun on Jan. 2.

The last time the percentage of uninsured reached that level was in early 2009. Previous polls found the number of uninsured was close to that mark in early 2011, at 16.1%, and late 2012, at 16.3%. The slice of uninsured peaked at 18% in mid-2013, the pollsters said."

"The poll also found that the number of uninsured “invincibles,” or those aged 18-34, is declining. Uninsured consumers aged 18-25 is down to 23.3%, showing a steady decline since the ACA’s passage allowed them to remain on their parents’ plans. The percentage of those without coverage ages 26-34 was down to 25.7%, a level not seen since late 2010. Consumers in those age groups are needed to help pay for older, less healthy patients."

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Obamacare Is Working And This Graph Proves It Beyond A Shadow Of A Doubt: (Original Post) Fred Sanders Feb 2014 OP
I bet there's some positives to report in terms of declining numbers of medical bankruptcies too. Scuba Feb 2014 #1
And within a couple of months ... 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2014 #2
Yep. Scuba Feb 2014 #3
Can not find up to date statistics, bankruptcies have been falling for the last 5 years, but there Fred Sanders Feb 2014 #4
Yes, but wasn't that right after Control-Z Feb 2014 #7
Good question, but I couldn't find an answer-yet! nt babylonsister Feb 2014 #5
I don't see much evidence there.The uninsured % is still higher doc03 Feb 2014 #6
 

Scuba

(53,475 posts)
1. I bet there's some positives to report in terms of declining numbers of medical bankruptcies too.
Wed Feb 12, 2014, 07:10 PM
Feb 2014

What with the positive changes in the law that took effect before 2014, plus all the newly insured, I would expect we would be seeing a significant reduction in medical cost-induced bankruptcies.

Anybody???

Fred Sanders

(23,946 posts)
4. Can not find up to date statistics, bankruptcies have been falling for the last 5 years, but there
Wed Feb 12, 2014, 07:15 PM
Feb 2014

is this:



Control-Z

(15,682 posts)
7. Yes, but wasn't that right after
Wed Feb 12, 2014, 08:03 PM
Feb 2014

new bankruptcy laws went into effect making it far more difficult to qualify?

doc03

(35,296 posts)
6. I don't see much evidence there.The uninsured % is still higher
Wed Feb 12, 2014, 07:25 PM
Feb 2014

than 2009. Now if 6 months or a year from now it is still trending down I will agree. Why the big spike the first half of 2013? Is that people that have been dropped?

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