Posted on 09/16/2014 8:54:34 PM PDT by Lorianne
Federal researchers reported on Tuesday that the number of Americans without health insurance had declined substantially in the first quarter of this year, the first federal measure of the number of uninsured Americans since the Affordable Care Act extended coverage to millions of people in January.
The number of uninsured Americans fell by about 8 percent to 41 million people in the first quarter of this year, compared with 2013, a drop that represented about 3.8 million people and that roughly matched what experts were expecting based on polling by private groups, like Gallup. The survey also measured physical health but found little evidence of change.
The findings were part of the National Health Interview Survey, a nationally representative examination that is considered a gold standard by researchers. It interviewed about 27,000 people in the first quarter, fewer than Gallup, which interviewed 45,000 people in the second quarter alone. But researchers say it is considered particularly trustworthy because federal interviewers conduct the survey in Americans’ homes. It also sets a federal level that others can use as a benchmark.
Larry Levitt, a director at the Program for the Study of Health Reform and Private Insurance at the Kaiser Family Foundation, a health research organization, said the first-quarter findings “dramatically understate the effect” of the law, as almost half of the people who signed up for insurance during the open enrollment period did so in March and did not get their insurance cards until later. Private surveys have shown that there were eight million to 10 million fewer uninsured by the second quarter, he said.
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Well, we knew the illegals would get coverage. Looks like 3.8 million have so far. Only 26.2 million more to go...
All day long.
Just 41 million without health insurance. LOL.
In fiscal 2013, the year before the health insurance exchanges opened, the federal government spent $265 billion on Medicaid, according to CBO. This year, fiscal 2014, the first year that the exchanges will be in operation, the federal government will spend $305 billion on Medicaid. By 2023, the tenth year that the Obamacare exchanges will be in operation, Medicaid will cost the federal government $539 billion—more than double the $265 billion it cost in 2013.
By 2024, the last year in the CBO estimates, Medicaid spending will climb to $570 billion.
The number with medical care remained the same regardless of how many are in welfareobamacare.
Sure they have ObamaCare but do they have a doctor willing to take then as a patient?
” Federal researchers reported on Tuesday that the number of Americans without health insurance had declined substantially”
If Federal researchers say so it must be true.
Found little evidence of improvement in health. Well, that can take a while, but until people stop eating junk food and take better care of themselves, little change likely.
even 3.8 million if correct is going to cost over a trillion dollars in a period of years. its crazy.
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Watch how this makes the rounds over the poopaganda news network...ABC,NBC,CBS, radio and tv. Name the news syndicate AP UPI
SW 134th Avenue is deep into the County that has lost $2 Billion in Medicare Fraud every year!
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