March 28, 2024

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Florida Is the state with the 3rd-highest uninsured rate post-Obamacare

| 11/10/2015

With the third open-enrollment period for health insurance upon us and 11.7 percent of the U.S. population still lacking coverage, the personal finance website WalletHub conducted an in-depth analysis of 2015’s States with the Highest & Lowest Uninsured Rates.

For the second year in a row, WalletHub’s analysts drew upon the most reliable data to estimate the rates of uninsured pre- and post-Obamacare for the 50 states and the District of Columbia. For a broad perspective of those rates, we broke the national figures down to the state level and other categories, including age, race and income level.

Health Insurance Coverage in Florida:

  • Obamacare reduced the children’s uninsured rate by 26.47 percent between 2010 and 2014.
  • Obamacare reduced the adult uninsured rate by 21.85 percent between 2010 and 2014.
  • The uninsured rate for whites is 36.62 percent lower than that for blacks.
  • The uninsured rate for whites is 52.93 percent lower than that for Hispanics.
  • The uninsured rate for higher-income households is 66.54 percent lower than that for lower-income households.
  • The rate of publicly insured is 38.06 percent.
  • The rate of privately insured is 61.94 percent.
  • The rate of employer-based health insurance coverage decreased by 0.45 percent between 2010 and 2014.
  • The uninsured rate pre-Obamacare was 21.26 percent and has fallen to a current rate of 16.57 percent, with 695,899 persons gaining health insurance coverage.

For the full report, please visit: 
https://wallethub.com/edu/rates-of-uninsured-by-state-before-after-obamacare/4800/

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