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ObamaCare helps reduce uninsured rate in U.S.: poll

Xinhua, July 11, 2015 Adjust font size:

Thanks to the launch of ObamaCare, the uninsured healthcare rate in the United States has dropped to its lowest level since 2008, according to a Gallup poll released on Friday.

A total of 11.4 percent of people remained uninsured in the second quarter of this year, between April and June, according to the Gallup poll.

The new figures, which are the result of surveys with 44,000 people, offer the first glimpse at how ObamaCare's second enrollment period has reduced the overall uninsured rate.

The biggest declines were seen in the communities of African American and Hispanic Americans, and among those making less than 36,000 U.S. dollars a year, with all those groups reporting declines of nearly 10 percentage points.

The new poll marks the latest good news for the healthcare law, which has helped a total of 17 million people gain insurance since ObamaCare platforms opened in 2013.

Since ObamaCare platforms opened, the uninsured rate has plummeted from a record high of 18 percent. So far this year, the uninsured rate dropped to 11.4 from 11.9 percent shortly after the administration's Feb. 15 deadline to purchase health insurance.

About 10.2 million people bought plans through the ObamaCare federal insurance exchanges in the most recent enrollment period. Endite