The Commonwealth Fund Study

++Alexandra Sifferlin in Time magazine has a piece on 20 million that gained health insurance through the ACA. Remember the Sibelius number was 22 million and Brainwrap aka Charles Gaba had the figure around 24 to 25 million.

++Ironically, this comes the same day that John Boehner announced he was going to sue the President for failing to implement the employers mandate. 

++The Commonwealth Fund's year long study about Obamacare came out today in the New England Journal of Medicine.

++So what are the findings. Fewer working age Americans are uninsured than at any time in history.
20% of those 19 to 64 years old were uninsured from the period July to September 2013. This went down to 15% in the period April-June 2014.

++Uninsured males --19-34 years old--declined from 28% to 18%. There are now estimated 5.7 million fewer young adults who are uninsured.

++60% of those with new coverage have accessed medical care.

++The uninsured at the poverty rate when from 28 to 17%. But in areas which did not expand Medicare the uninsured went from 38 to only 36%--barely decreased.

++6 out of 10 would not have been able to access affordable care.

++73% of people who bought health plans were somewhat or very satisfied with their new health insurance.

++87% of those who signed up with Medicaid were somewhat or very satisfied with their new health insurance.

++74% of newly insured Republicans liked their plans.

++77% of those who had insurance before were satisfied.

++58% of those with new insurance said they were better off now than before.

++Latinos were the group that most benefited.
36% were uninsured from July-September 2013.
23% were uninsured during April to June 2014.

++African Americans only decreased by 1%.