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Uninsured Rate Hit New Low in 2014, Survey Shows

Although it still faces court challenges, the nation’s health care law has steadily reduced the rate of Americans without health insurance to its lowest rate in seven years.

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Although it still faces court challenges, the nation’s health care law has steadily reduced the rate of Americans without health insurance to its lowest rate in seven years, according to a new Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index survey. States that have embraced the law’s Medicaid expansion have seen the greatest drop among insured residents. Texas remains the state with the highest uninsured rate, at 24.4 percent. (The Associated Press)

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