It’s not much talked about, but when people lost their jobs in the Great Recession, many of them lost their health insurance. That’s why it’s notable that the percentage of adult uninsured (16%) just reached the lowest level it’s been at since the month Barack Obama was first inaugurated as president. January was also the first month since the health exchanges were launched in which the number of new enrollees in ObamaCare actually exceeded the administration’s projections.
Forbes has an interesting article that includes a chart that shows how states are doing in terms of enrolling people compared to what the administration needs in order to reach their goal of six million enrollees. California is already at 118% of the goal, and Washington state is at 94%. What might surprise you is that Idaho is at 98% of the goal. Alabama (60%) is crushing New York (39%). It’s helps to have a governor who is really committed to the law, as you can see by comparing Kentucky (77%) to West Virginia (30%). Massachusetts (17%) is probably low because so few people were uninsured to begin with, but what’s going on with Wisconsin (28%), Iowa (25%), the District of Columbia (22%), and Arkansas (18%)?
