The nation's uninsured rate is on track to hit a historic low helped by new PPACA enrollees.

The news comes from a study by the Council of Economic Advisers, which found that the drop in the nation's uninsured rate so far in 2014 is the largest over any period since the early 1970s when Medicaid and Medicare were expanded. About 9.7 million gained health care in PPACA's first year.

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