New Census figures show uninsured numbers decreasing nationwide

The number of Americans without health insurance shrank by 8.5 million to 9 million in 2014 from the previous year, according to two U.S. Census surveys released this morning. The findings suggest that provisions of the Affordable Care Act, including the expansion of Medicaid in states such as Ohio, are having the desired effect in reducing the number of uninsured people. The U.S. Census Bureau’s Current Population Survey found that 10.4 percent of people were uninsured for all of 2014, do