The unprecedented plummeting of the percentage of Americans without health insurance plateaued in the second quarter of 2014. But the rate continues to be the lowest ever recorded by Gallup pollsters.
In the first quarter of the year, Gallup found that 13.4 percent of U.S. adults had no health insurance. That was down from the 18 percent high in 2013 recorded by Gallup. In this year's second quarter, however, the rate remained unchanged at 13.4 percent.
"The Affordable Care Act … appears to be meeting its goal of reducing the percentage of Americans without health insurance," Gallup said in a release, adding: "This [13.4 percent level] is the lowest recorded uninsured rate since Gallup and Healthways began tracking it in 2008."
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Dan Cook
Dan Cook is a journalist and communications consultant based in Portland, OR. During his journalism career he has been a reporter and editor for a variety of media companies, including American Lawyer Media, BusinessWeek, Newhouse Newspapers, Knight-Ridder, Time Inc., and Reuters. He specializes in health care and insurance related coverage for BenefitsPRO.
