More Republican Districts Have Low Health-Coverage Rates

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http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-10-14/more-republican-districts-have-low-health-coverage-rates.html

Republicans represent more U.S. congressional districts with below-average health-insurance coverage than Democrats, an irony ensnared in a government shutdown triggered by a law designed to expand access to care.

Districts with less coverage are especially common in Texas, where each of the 36 House seats represents an area with a rate lower than the national average, according to U.S. Census Bureau data compiled by Bloomberg. The state, home to Obamacare opponent Republican Senator Ted Cruz, also has the nation’s highest uninsured rate.

In addition to the South, Western states dominate the map of congressional districts with below-average coverage rates. Besides often being under Republican control, those areas also tend to have sizable immigrant populations and poverty.

The mismatch between the policy votes of the districts’ federal representatives and the needs of their constituents may be partly the result of voter registration and turnout patterns.

[lostincalifornia]

1. no surprise there, perhaps also low IQs also

[progressoid]

2. Derp de derp.