2. The Answer Is Yes!
And as of this writing
people are receiving
cancellation notices from their
current insurance company. In 2014
the number of insured Americans
should increase significantly in 2014
when Obamacare is expected to cover
an estimated 14 million Americans.
3. If you have lost your current health
insurance plan and are looking for a
new plan with low cost premiums
please contact Chip Dobson at
www.AIADirectQuote.com.
Avoid getting called by thousands of
call centers and speak with a
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4. The census reports the number of
uninsured was down by 662,000 last
year, not a statistically significant
difference from 2011. The rate of
Americans without health insurance
declined to 15.4 percent and the
number of uninsured people fell
slightly to 48 million people in
2012, according to the report.
5. From 2011 to 2012, the number of
people who had some form of health
coverage grew from to 260.2 million
to 263.2 million. , the census reports.
The health insurance picture is worse
for those on the low end of the
income scale. Nearly 25 percent of
people in households with an annual
incomes of less than $25,000 were
uninsured last year.
6. In households with incomes of
$75,000 or more the uninsured rate
was 7.9 percent. These numbers are
about the same as in 2011.
The number of uninsured people is
expected to sharply decline starting
next year, as the major provisions of
President Barack Obama's health
care reform law take effect.
7. Enrollment into new benefits
under Medicaid, the federal-state
health program for the poor, and
private plans through the law's
state-based health insurance
exchanges begins Oct. 1 for
coverage that will be available as
early as Jan. 1.
8. Obama's health care law had little
effect on the changing rate of the
uninsured between 2011 and 2012,
David Johnson, the chief of the
Census Bureau's Social, Economic
and Housing Statistics Division,
said during a conference call with
reporters.
9. The main drivers of the small
reduction in the number of
uninsured were more people
enrolling in Medicaid or
Medicare, the federal health
program for the elderly and
people with disabilities, he said.
More Baby Boomers are reaching
65 and joining Medicare, he said.
10. Obamacare did have a measurable
effect on reducing the number of
uninsured from 2010 to 2011, however.
a provision of the law allowing young
adults under age 26 to remain on
their parents' health insurance plans
contributed to a decline in the rate of
uninsured people aged 19 to 25 from
29.8 percent in 2010 to 27.7 percent in
2011, last year's census report showed.
11. In 2012, that figure declined again to
27.2 percent, a difference the Census
Bureau described as not statistically
significant.
The number of U.S. residents covered
by private health insurance rose from
197.3 million in 2011 to 198.8 million
in 2012, a change deemed not
statistically significant, and the rate
stayed the same at 63.9 percent.
12. Two million more people were
covered by government health
programs last year than during
2011 as the total rose to 101.5
million and the percentage
increased from 32.2 percent to
32.6 percent, the report says.
13. Again if you have lost your current
health insurance plan and are
looking for a new plan with low
cost premiums please contact
Chip Dobson at
www.AIADirectQuote.com
Avoid getting called by thousands
of call centers and speak with a
Licensed professional today.