{"id":30,"date":"2022-04-21T15:53:51","date_gmt":"2022-04-21T15:53:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digitaldesign-biswas.com\/ggreen\/?page_id=30"},"modified":"2022-04-26T15:45:10","modified_gmt":"2022-04-26T15:45:10","slug":"insurance-rates-in-america-vary-based-on-race-and-ethnicity","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/digitaldesign-biswas.com\/ggreen\/insurance-rates-in-america-vary-based-on-race-and-ethnicity\/","title":{"rendered":"Insurance rates in America vary based on Race and Ethnicity"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>By Genevieve Green<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Affordable Care Act (ACA) was created to make affordable healthcare available to more people. It officially became law in 2010 but wasn&#8217;t fully implemented until 2014. Medicaid is one of the outcomes of ACA. There are still varying rates of individuals of specific racial and ethnic identities that rely on ACA for health insurance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"flourish-embed flourish-chart\" data-src=\"visualisation\/8866736\"><script src=\"https:\/\/public.flourish.studio\/resources\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the U.S. Census Bureau, in 2010 15.7% of Asian Americans were uninsured. By the year 2019, it was reported that 6.6% of Asian Americans were uninsured. This is a 9.1% difference in individuals who were uninsured originally but then managed to receive health insurance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Affordable Care Act has helped improve the rates of Insured individuals in America<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"flourish-embed flourish-map\" data-src=\"visualisation\/8844091\"><script src=\"https:\/\/public.flourish.studio\/resources\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p>The Affordable Care Act is the main reason why more individuals are receiving health insurance in America. With the ACA in place, many individuals are able to qualify and receive health insurance in America. For example, in 2010 30.9% of Hispanic and Latino individuals were uninsured butt in 2019 only 18.7% of Hispanic and Latino individuals were uninsured.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Affordable Care Act is the main reason why more individuals are receiving health insurance in America. With the ACA in place, many individuals are able to qualify and receive health insurance in America. For example, in 2010 30.9% of Hispanic and Latino individuals were uninsured butt in 2019 only 18.7% of Hispanic and Latino individuals were uninsured.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"flourish-embed flourish-map\" data-src=\"visualisation\/8844091\"><script src=\"https:\/\/public.flourish.studio\/resources\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<p><strong>Background<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>History <a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthcare.gov\/where-can-i-read-the-affordable-care-act\/\">Timeline of ACA<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Summary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kff.org\/health-reform\/fact-sheet\/summary-of-the-affordable-care-act\/\">of Affordable Care Act<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<a class=\"twitter-timeline\" data-height=\"500\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HealthCareGov?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">Tweets by HealthCareGov<\/a> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Genevieve Green The Affordable Care Act (ACA) was created to make affordable healthcare available to more people. 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