News Report | August 20, 2017
14.7 Million Working Americans Gained Health Coverage Under The Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act
14.7 million working American's and their family members gained health coverage under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) between 2010 to 2015. This roughly 9.5 million working Americans and 5.2 million of their family members represent approximately 77% of all those who gained insurance coverage during the first six years of the PPACA.
These estimates were reported in “Workers Gaining Health Insurance Coverage Under the ACA” by Bowen Garrett, Anuj Gangopadhyaya, and Stan Dorn. The researchers used data from the American Community Survey (ACS) to determine coverage rates from all sources, and employer-sponsored . . .