The percentage of people without health insurance is now at its lowest point since Gallup began tracking it back in 2008. In April, based on the pollsters' numbers, 13.4 percent of Americans were uninsured, due in no small part to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

The Obama Administration can claim victory on this count. They put the Ps in PPACA.

But while sites such as MSNBC and HuffPo blared the stats from the top of their respective websites, Fox News made no mention of it. (They were too busy celebrating the Supreme Court's latest prayer ruling — they like it — and the latest in the Benghazi "scandal.") Even the big brains over at the Heritage Foundation ignored it.

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