States With the Highest (and Lowest) Uninsured Rates
But one thing remains certain: The number of uninsured Americans continues to drop.
On Tuesday, a new
For a number of reasons -- the biggest being whether a state adopted one of the ACA's biggest provisions and agreed to make more people eligible for
Here are the states with the lowest and highest uninsured rates.
LOWEST
Rate of uninsured: 2.8 percent
No surprise here. The state's landmark legislation that provides near-universal health care became a roadmap for the Affordable Care Act.
While the state leads the nation in rates of insured, there are some troubling spots on the horizon: Health-care costs have been rising fast in the state, which can be attributed to a mix of soaring drug prices, more expensive health-care services and implementation of the ACA.
Rate of uninsured: 3.8 percent
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The state planned for years to implement a single-payer system, which would have been the first in the country. But state lawmakers suddenly lost their enthusiasm for it once they realized how much taxes would need to increase for both businesses and residents.
Rate of uninsured: 4 percent
The state also has a strict employer coverage law, passed in 1976, that requires employers to provide insurance to all employees working more than 20 hours a week. The ACA, by contrast, only requires employers to offer health care to employees who work more than 30 hours a week.
Rate of uninsured: 4.5 percent
Lawmakers in
Rate of uninsured: 5 percent
HIGHEST
Rate of uninsured: 13.3 percent
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The state
Rate of uninsured: 13.9 percent
GOP Gov.
Rate of uninsured: 13.9 percent
If Georgians want to bring down the rate of uninsured, they'll have to find a way other than
The state also has a pretty limited
Rate of uninsured: 14.9 percent
Rate of uninsured: 17.1 percent
There are several reasons for this: The state has a large immigrant population, a limited
And yes,
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