New Gallup-Sharecare Survey: Uninsured Increase In 2017 Largest Since 2008

The percent of uninsured residents remained stuck at 12.2 in the fourth quarter of 2017, according to a Gallup-Sharecare survey published Tuesday, indicating a 1.3 percent increase in uninsured from 2016 to 2017. The increase of 3.2 million uninsured is the largest uptick since Gallup began tracking the rate in 2008, including the period before the Affordable Care Act (ACA) went into effect, The trend was immediately blasted by Democrats. Despite the uninsured rate rising from the 2016s record low...