More than 20% of adults uninsured, nearly 10 years after Affordable Care Act signed into law

About one in five adults treated at community health centers in 11 states that expanded Medicaid eligibility did not have health insurance during a period that it was required by the Affordable Care Act to have such coverage, according to findings recently published in Annals of Family Medicine.
“Primary care use among community health center patients who remained uninsured post-ACA ... is largely unknown,” Nathalie Huguet, PhD, of the department of family medicine at Oregon Health & Science University, and colleagues wrote.
“A recent survey of patients seen at community

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