It Looks Like Obamacare Is Finally Making Progress With The Uninsured

Dylan Scott: It Looks Like Obamacare Is Finally Making Progress With The Uninsured: “A new survey has found that 27 percent of people who signed up for coverage in February were previously uninsured….

“There’s every reason to believe that early enrollment skewed towards the already insured and that the uninsured will sign up later,” Larry Levitt [said]…. “People who were insured and had their old non-compliant policies cancelled were no doubt first in line in the new marketplaces, along with some people with pre-existing conditions who were locked out of the market before.” Another finding from the survey also suggests there could be a March surge in uninsured people enrolling in coverage: 65 percent of respondents who said they hadn’t enrolled yet but planned to before March 31 were uninsured….

The survey doesn’t account for Medicaid enrollees…. 31 percent of uninsured Americans have an income below 138 percent of the federal poverty level — the threshold for expanded Medicaid under the law in states that chose to participate…. Between 1.1 million and 1.8 million new enrollees could be attributed to the law through January.