U.S. insured rate at historic high

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The percentage of people with health insurance ticked up slightly last year, with a record 90.9 percent now having coverage, according to Census data released Tuesday.

In 2014, 89.6 percent of Americans had coverage. While the improvement was slight between 2014 and 2015, the insured rate has risen significantly since the 2010 Affordable Care Act expanded Medicaid and subsidies for private coverage

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