As of November, some four million poor adults were included in the national "coverage gap," a consequence of state decisions not to expand Medicaid. As the chart shows, Latinos and blacks make up a highly disproportionate share of these uninsured Americans. These uninsured earn too much money to meet current Medicaid eligibility requirements but below the lower limit for Marketplace premium tax credits.
New England Journal Of Medicine Finds Less Racial Disparity In Hospital Care
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