Since Obamacare Enrollment Began, 6 Million More People Have Gained Public Insurance

Since Obamacare Enrollment Began, 6 Million More People Have Gained Public Insurance

June 5, 2014 - Reading List

Since Obamacare Enrollment Began, 6 Million More People Have Gained Public Insurance
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From Think Progress…

Since Obamacare Enrollment Began, 6 Million More People Have Gained Public Insurance

An enrollment counselor helps Jerome Davis Jr. 36, sign up for Medicaid in Chicago. CREDIT: AP Photo/M. Spencer Green By the end of Obamacare’s open enrollment period, six million additional low-income Americans were enrolled in public insurance programs compared to the period before the health law’s coverage expansion, according to a new report from the Health and Human Services Department. The new enrollees were most highly concentrated in the states that agreed to expand their Medicaid programs. Those six million people — who include enrollees in both Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) — are in addition […]