BHO be soarin' hiiigh...'Obama Soars To Historic New Highs As Uninsured Rate Falls To A Record Low'

[Surya Gayatri]

The good news keeps coming for President Obama as his signature legislative achievement, Obamacare, has caused the number of uninsured Americans to fall to a new record low.

According to Gallup:

The uninsured rate among U.S. adults aged 18 and older was 11.4% in the second quarter of 2015, down from 11.9% in the first quarter. The uninsured rate has dropped nearly six percentage points since the fourth quarter of 2013, just before the requirement for Americans to carry health insurance took effect. The latest quarterly uninsured rate is the lowest Gallup and Healthways have recorded since daily tracking of this metric began in 2008.

The results of the Gallup survey demonstrate that Obamacare is doing exactly what it was intended to do. The ACA is helping underserved, uninsured demographic groups of Americans get access to healthcare. Obamacare has also made employer offered insurance programs stronger by lowering costs, offering more basic preventive health care benefits, and forcing insurance companies to function more efficiently.

The passage and enactment of the Affordable Care Act was a legacy defining moment for President Obama. The President has brought positive change and transformation to the accessibility and provision of health insurance. Obama is experiencing a late in his presidency string of success that feels like a reward for his years of struggle against an obstructionist Republican opposition.

Describing Obamacare as working is an understatement of what this president has accomplished. What President Obama has successfully done will save lives. He has not only changed the way the American people view healthcare policy. He has also changed America for the better.

http://www.politicususa.com/2015/07/10/obama-soars-historic-highs-uninsured-rate-falls-record.html

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This admirable man will go down as one of the greats.

We may not agree with his whole agenda...but damn, he's fought the good fight for many things, and now they're coming to fruition.

[Motown_Johnny]

1. I have a math question

Not to diminish the accomplishment, I think this is great news... but....

The article says it is down nearly nearly six percentage points to 11.4%. didn't Gallup have the peak uninsured rate at 18.0%? My math says that it is down well over six percentage points. 6.6% to be exact (if you round to the nearest tenth, so not really exact).

[Surya Gayatri]

2. Math? You're asking ME about math? Furget aboud it!

[Motown_Johnny]

12. Sorry

that was just my way of implying that the article does not go far enough to credit the ACA.

If you go from the peak of 18% to where we are now at 11.4%, then roughly 1 out of every 3 uninsured Americans have found coverage in that time. More actually since we hit that milestone at 12%, plus the population increase has been offset. These really are good numbers considering there is no public option.

If an (R) did something like that, he would have plastic surgery to look like Teddy Roosevelt. Then erase TR from the history books and claim that it was he who is memorialized on Mount Rushmore.

[Surya Gayatri]

13. Thanks for the clarification, but I was just casting humorous

"asparagus" on my ability in math! LOL!

[Motown_Johnny]

14. I figured

but the thread needed a kick.

Figured... get it?

[Surya Gayatri]

15. Ah, I get it! LOL!

[Surya Gayatri]

16. I only just read that last paragraph...

Then erase TR from the history books and claim that it was he who is memorialized on Mount Rushmore.

[Renew Deal]

3. Obviously good news but...

Who are the final 11.4% and how do thy get covered?

[1StrongBlackMan]

6. Much of the 11.4% are ...

1) those in states that refuse to expand Medicaid

2) the undocumented residents (who were written out of the law ... despite what the gop said ... and near happy to count)

3) those and folks choosing to remain uninsured (for one reason or another)

4) those that judge that they cannot afford coverage, even with the subsidies.

The first is an easy fix ... elect Democratic state legislatures ... the second is easy to fix, in an apolitical environment; but, impossible to fix unless it's a part of comprehensive immigration reform.

The last two, can't be fixed.

[Fred Sanders]

4. Yes, but what about the brownies pouring across the borders, as The Media is all so ever

concerned about that again.....where is ISIS when you need it? Is there a clown around to entertain the folks, perhaps?

Is NK available these days to gin up some fear and avoid all mention of anything good happening anywhere in America?

[Surya Gayatri]

8. DON'T expect this major Obama success to be even

hinted at by anybody in the KLOWN KAR.

They'll continue claiming, despite all evidence to the contrary, that Obamacare is falling apart and that, if elected, they'll tear it down entirely.

[Adrahil]

10. Hell even here we have...

... "Characters" who deride the ACA as a bullshit corporate giveaway foisted on us by a POSUCS.

We do have a few odd ones...

[Fred Sanders]

11. Try explaining how the illogical outrage over lack of perfection and overlooking the good, is just bad form.

[RedSpartan]

5. Would be even lower

If R governors expanded Medicaid. Got to keep the pressure on them.

[Surya Gayatri]

7. Well, yeah...as ACA becomes ever more popular, we can hope

that the pressure will become unbearable for them to fall in line.

[mcar]

9. The ACA is working as intended

Despite the best efforts of obstructionists and ideologues. Well done, Mr. President!