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Iowa medical uninsured rate drops to 8.3%

doctor-measuring-blood-pressureNIT – A new poll shows that the medical uninsured rate in Iowa has dropped since 2013.

Iowa reported a modest reduction in its uninsured rate among adult residents since the healthcare law’s requirement to have insurance took effect at the beginning of 2014, a Gallup poll shows.

Iowa earlier established a state-based marketplace exchange and a state-federal partnership where it accepts federal dollars offered to states that expand Medicaid under the “Obamacare” plan, helping poor Iowans gain coverage.

According to Gallup, a majority of Americans continue to disapprove of the Affordable Care Act, but it has clearly had an impact in reducing the uninsured rate in the U.S., which declined to its lowest point (12.9%) in seven years by the last quarter of 2014. This trend could be poised to continue, as 55% of Americans who remain uninsured plan to get health insurance rather than pay a fine.

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