Rebecca L. Haffajee

Jun 7, 2024 | healthaffairs.org | Thomas Buchmueller |Rebecca L. Haffajee

The Affordable Care Act (ACA) has dramatically improved health insurance coverage across the U.S. and reduced disparities in who can access that coverage. Uninsurance rose steadily in the decade prior to the law’s passage, reaching 16 percent of the U.S. population—or over 48 million people—in 2010. By 2015, a year after the ACA’s main coverage provisions went into effect, the uninsured rate had fallen to just over 9 percent.