Despite the House Republican shutdown, credit downgrades, lawsuits and scaremongering, the verdict is in: the #ACA has lowered the number of uninsured Americans.
HOUSE DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS
Democratic Caucus of the U.S. House of Representatives
Thanks to the Affordable Care Act, the uninsured rate in America has dropped to its lowest level in 5 years!
The uninsured rate peaked at 18.0% in the third quarter of 2013, but has consistently declined since then. This downward trend in the uninsured rate coincided with the health insurance marketplace exchanges opening in October 2013, and accelerated as the March 31 deadline to purchase health insurance coverage approached — and passed — for most uninsured Americans.
Via Gallup.
Houston Chronicle
November 16, 2013
Amid lagging enrollment and continuing problems with the rollout of the Affordable Care Act, local and federal officials urged Houston residents Saturday to sign up for health insurance under the new law.
Washington Post
November 3, 2013
POTTSVILLE, Pa. — Rep. Matthew Cartwright (D-Pa.) is in Congress today because of the Affordable Care Act. He did not vote for it, but he won because the veteran moderate Democrat he challenged in a primary voted against it. That’s the kind of deep-blue district he now represents.