Though the majority of new enrollees in Obamacare plans describe themselves as healthy, a still significant percentage say they're in fair or poor health and don't regularly get care.
New data from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Urban Institute finds that of those who gained health insurance in the last 12 months, 81.8 percent report being in good, very good or excellent health.
But 18.2 percent report being in fair or poor health, a percentage that's higher among those newly insured compared to people who were already insured.
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