AcademyHealth: Who are the uninsured?

My latest over at the AcademyHealth blog:

Austin recently talked about how universal coverage, although a stated goal of many health care systems, is rarely fully achieved. This coincided nicely with recent news that the ACA has significantly reduced the number of uninsured in the United States.

However, many people still do remain uninsured. Who are they? The Urban Institute Health Policy Center has a new report which can help us answer that question.

Get your learn on. Go read the whole thing!

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Aaron Carroll

Aaron E. Carroll, MD, MS is co-Editor-in-Chief of The Incidental Economist and tweets at @aaronecarroll. He is the Chief Health Officer at Indiana University. He is also a Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics and Associate Dean for Research Mentoring at the Indiana University School of Medicine. In addition to contributing regularly to The New York Times and the Atlantic, he is the author of four books, most recently The Bad Food Bible.

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Aaron Carroll

Aaron E. Carroll, MD, MS is co-Editor-in-Chief of The Incidental Economist and tweets at @aaronecarroll. He is the Chief Health Officer at Indiana University. He is also a Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics and Associate Dean for Research Mentoring at the Indiana University School of Medicine. In addition to contributing regularly to The New York Times and the Atlantic, he is the author of four books, most recently The Bad Food Bible.

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