The latest figures from a highly respected national research organization support what backers of the Affordable Care Act said all along – expanding health care coverage would lower the rate of uninsured in the nation and in Washington state. Two reports came out this week, both from the U.S. Census Bureau. The first, the Current Population Surve y, showed the percentage of uninsured in Washington dropped 317,000 in 2014. This survey reported that roughly 643,000 state residents remained without coverage. That represents a decline in the overall percentage of uninsured residents from 14 percent in 2013 to 9.2 percent in 2014. And the 2014 figure is even better than the 16 percent of residents without coverage in 2012, according to the Census Bureau. A second report, the American Community Survey , showed pretty much the same numbers as the Current Population Survey. The American Community Survey is considered the gold standard among such data reporting because it delves into more detai...
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