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Obamacare Helped Pull Uninsured Rate Down to 10.4% in 2014

  • Drop of 2.9 percentage points is fourth consecutive decline
  • Data includes first year of law's major coverage programs
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The share of people without health insurance in the U.S. fell to 10.4 percent last year as Obamacare’s expansion of public and private coverage programs took effect, the Census Bureau said Wednesday.

In 2014, 33 million people in the U.S. were uninsured, down from 41.8 million in 2013, according to the Census report. While other reports have shown a similar decline in the number of uninsured Americans and include more recent enrollment for 2015, the Census data is considered the gold standard.