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Nye Bevan

(25,406 posts)
Wed Jan 7, 2015, 02:17 PM Jan 2015

Obamacare Effect: Uninsured Rate Hits Record Low

How low can this go?

The percentage of people without health insurance in the United States has reached a record low number as Obamacare programs continue signing up new enrollees.

During the last quarter of 2014, an average of 12.9 percent of adults lacked health-care coverage, according to data released Wednesday by Gallup.

That was a drop from an average of 13.4 percent during the prior quarter—and represents a 4.2 percent drop in the year since Obamacare exchanges began selling private insurance plans, according to Gallup. The current level is the lowest since Gallup began tracking the number of uninsured through continuous surveys in 2008.

http://www.cnbc.com/id/102313931


Yeah Republicans, keep pledging to repeal Obamacare...... assholes.

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Obamacare Effect: Uninsured Rate Hits Record Low (Original Post) Nye Bevan Jan 2015 OP
They're trying it again under the misnamed "Save American Workers Act" (H.R. 30) which BlueCaliDem Jan 2015 #1

BlueCaliDem

(15,438 posts)
1. They're trying it again under the misnamed "Save American Workers Act" (H.R. 30) which
Wed Jan 7, 2015, 02:23 PM
Jan 2015

actually KILLS jobs. H.R. 30 will "significantly increase the deficit, reduce the number of Americans with employer-based health insurance coverage, and create incentives for employers to shift their employees to part-time work".

The president has already vowed to VETO the bill and Republicans don't have the votes to override that veto.

This is the second veto threat issued to the Republicans - in a week's time!

We should all send the president fine pens filled with enough ink because he's going to do a LOT of vetoing in the next two years.

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