US uninsurance rate drops to 13.4%, record low

[dmmidmi]

Also, I just wish these articles would mention both sides of the equation. 90% of the plans are subsidized. 90% percent. The people that are making that massive subsidization possible will make there voices heard in November. Also, of significant note, 2% of the drop is due to medicaid expansion.

I just wonder if the problems covered California people are having finding a doctor is going to be a national problem. As many people on medicare/medicaid can attest, insurance does not mean doctor.

If your point is that we don't have enough doctors, and the ACA doesn't sufficiently address this issue, you are correct.

If your assertion is that having insurance--of any sort--won't help someone get into a doctor's office, you are probably incorrect. It is far more difficult to see a doctor if you don't have insurance, than if you do.

[dmmidmi]

The real good numbers in this poll is that the drop is more significant with 18-34 year olds than 35-64 year olds:

Question: Why is the uninsured rate for 25-34 year olds higher than 18-24 year olds? How does their overtaking of the youngs in 2011 in the context of the long-term numbers?

That changed as the ACA allowed people under the age of 26 to stay on their parents' insurance.

You can see the two lines cross in late-2010.