--- description: The percentage of uninsured Americans dropped by 3.5% nationwide in 2014, according to a new poll title: Rate of Americans Without Health Insurance Hits New Low image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd4cf30264b265f57/698780c4cd6848301f099d92/481125271.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Health Care](/tag/health-care/) ## Health Care Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Rate of Americans Without Health Insurance Hits New Low  by [Dan Kedmey](/author/dan-kedmey/)  ## Dan Kedmey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 24, 2015 5:54 PM CUT  An Affordable Care Act application and enrollment help sign stands outside a Westside Family Healthcare center in Bear, Delaware, U.S., on Thursday, March 27, 2014. An Affordable Care Act application and enrollment help sign stands outside a Westside Family Healthcare center in Bear, Delaware, U.S., on Thursday, March 27, 2014.Andrew Harrer—Bloomberg / Getty Images  by [Dan Kedmey](/author/dan-kedmey/)  ## Dan Kedmey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 24, 2015 5:54 PM CUT The percentage of uninsured Americans dropped by 3.5% nationwide in 2014, [according to a new poll](http://www.gallup.com/poll/181664/arkansas-kentucky-improvement-uninsured-rates.aspx "undefined") that shows a historic expansion of coverage nationwide. The Gallup survey found that the uninsured rate dropped to 13.8% of the population in 2014, the lowest figure in the seven years the survey has asked the question. The steepest declines occurred in states that launched their own health insurance exchanges and expanded Medicaid programs, two central planks of President Barack Obama’s health care reform law that many states have rejected. 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