http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/07/11/1313283/-Evidence-says-yes-Obamacare-has-reduced-the-uninsured-rate?detail=email
This has been the week to kill the Republican myth that Obamacare isn't really getting the uninsured covered, that the law is failing in its primary mission. So much for that.
There was the Urban Institute: "Number of Uninsured Adults Continues to Fall under the ACA: Down by 8.0 Million in June 2014"
The uninsured rate for people ages 19 to 64 declined from 20 percent in the July-to-September 2013 period to 15 percent in the April-to-June 2014 period. An estimated 9.5 million fewer adults were uninsured.And Gallup:
The uninsured rate in the U.S. fell 2.2 percentage points to 13.4% in the second quarter of 2014. This is the lowest quarterly average recorded since Gallup and Healthways began tracking the percentage of uninsured Americans in 2008.And RAND:
Using a survey fielded by the RAND American Life Panel, we estimate a net gain of 9.3 million in the number of American adults with health insurance coverage from September 2013 to mid-March 2014. […] [T]he survey estimates that the share of uninsured American adults has dropped over the measured period from 20.5 percent to 15.8 percent.
Add to that last month's finding by the Kaiser Family Foundation that 57 percent of the people with Obamacare had previously been uninsured, and you've got a very dead Republican talking point.
aside from rebuking the republican lie this also shows the difference in polls I look at it as has anyone asked your opinion or anyone you know? I'm speaking of Pres.'s ratings now low 40's how can so many be in favor of what he's doing and happy with health care and are aware of the depth of republican obstruction and misinformation and his ratings be so low, who are they polling Appalachians?
