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Around 17 million people have gained health insurance since the core of ObamaCare took effect in 2013, according to a RAND Corporation study released Wednesday.
The study finds that 22.8 million people signed up for coverage between September 2013 and February 2015, while 5.9 million lost coverage, leading to a net gain of 16.9 million.
The Affordable Care Act has greatly expanded health insurance coverage, but it has caused little change in the way most previously-covered Americans are getting health insurance coverage, said Katherine Carman, the study's lead author and an economist at RAND.
http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/241259-17m-gained-insurance-under-obamacare-study-finds
Gothmog
(144,884 posts)RandySF
(58,443 posts)Because this story is too important to miss and worth repeating.
hibbing
(10,094 posts)Peace
Number23
(24,544 posts)1StrongBlackMan
(31,849 posts)"we could'a/should'a had single-payer" instead!
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=6645811
still_one
(92,060 posts)1StrongBlackMan
(31,849 posts)I should have used the sarcasm thingy ... but I thought the "But ... But ... But ..." and the link would have made it unnecessary.
still_one
(92,060 posts)SidDithers
(44,228 posts)Sid
stevenleser
(32,886 posts)Stuart G
(38,410 posts)whatthehey
(3,660 posts)And that only sweeping immediate radical redesigns of, say, health care could do any good (FWIW I would be happier with the latter in this case myself, but I think I can spot 17 million good things in the incremental approach).