Fewer poor uninsured after health law, study finds, By Sabrina Tavernise, June 23, 2015, New York Times: “The share of poor Americans who were uninsured declined substantially in 2014, according to the first full year of federal data since the Affordable Care Act extended coverage to millions of Americans last year. The drop was largely in line with earlier findings by private polling companies such as Gallup, but was significant because of its source — the National Health Interview Survey, a long-running federal survey considered to be a gold standard by researchers. The findings are being released on Tuesday…”
Poverty-related issues in the news, from the Institute for Research on Poverty