Americans Uninsured Rate Raised In 2017
- 6 years ago
According to new data from Gallup and Sharecare released Tuesday, the number of uninsured Americans rose by 1.3 percentage points in 2017. Ther percentage is equivalent to 3.2 million people. It is the first increase since the Affordable Care Act’s main features took effect.
The uninsured rate in the fourth quarter of 2017 was 12.2 percent. This is almost the same as the 12.3 percent rate the survey found in the third quarter.