Obamacare has hit a new low. But in this case that's a good thing.
The first national survey by the Centers for Disease Control to include data from 2015 shows that the number of uninsured in the United States has dropped to 9 percent, or 28.5 million people. That means 16.3 million fewer people are uninsured due to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
Among adults under the age of 65, the uninsured rate fell from 20.4 percent in 2013, before the law's implementation, to 12.7 percent during the first six months of 2015. The percentage of non-Medicare eligible adults with private insurance also increased from 64.2 percent to 70.6 percent.
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