--- description: Uninsured rates have fallen after the Affordable Care Act took effect in 2013, according to results from a Gallup poll published Monday. title: Uninsured Rates Are Plummeting in These 7 States image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5fced3f1c12a2680/69885e78524fc03c9ddf3f3b/gettyimages-458901783.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Business](/section/business/) ## Business Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Healthcare](/tag/healthcare/) ## Healthcare Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Uninsured Rates Are Plummeting in These 7 States  by [Jack Linshi](/author/jack-linshi/)  ## Jack Linshi Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 10, 2015 2:12 PM CUT  A computer screen reads, "Enroll by Dec. 23 for coverage starting as soon as Jan 1." as agents from Sunshine Life and Health Advisors help people purchase health insurance under the Affordable Care Act at the kiosk setup at the Mall of Americas on December 22, 2013 in Miami, Florida. A computer screen reads, "Enroll by Dec. 23 for coverage starting as soon as Jan 1." as agents from Sunshine Life and Health Advisors help people purchase health insurance under the Affordable Care Act at the kiosk setup at the Mall of Americas on December 22, 2013 in Miami, Florida.Joe Raedle—Getty Images  by [Jack Linshi](/author/jack-linshi/)  ## Jack Linshi Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 10, 2015 2:12 PM CUT The proportion of Americans without health insurance has plummeted in [states choosing to expand Medicaid eligibility](https://www.whitehouse.gov/share/medicaid-map "undefined") under the Affordable Care Act, according to results from a [Gallup](http://www.gallup.com/poll/184514/uninsured-rates-continue-drop-states.aspx "undefined") survey published Monday. Uninsured rates fell below 5% in seven states in the first six months of 2015: Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Vermont, Minnesota, Iowa, Connecticut and Hawaii. Those seven states, all of which recently expanded Medicaid coverage, join Massachusetts as the only states to be at or below that rate, according to Gallup. Arkansas and Kentucky saw the most significant drops in uninsured rates between between 2013 (before the Affordable Care Act’s core provisions took effect) and the first half of 2015\. Uninsured rates in Arkansas fell from 22.5% to 9.1%, and in Kentucky fell from 20.4% to 9.0%, respectively. Those states’ drops coincided not only with their expansion of Medicaid but also the establishment of their own state health exchanges, the poll found. The findings, arriving just weeks after [a Supreme Court ruling](http://time.com/3933915/supreme-court-king-burwell/ "undefined") upheld the Affordable Care Act’s subsidies, continue to challenge states like Florida and Texas, where political leaders are hesitant to expand Medicaid over [cost concerns.](http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/06/08/medicaid-expansion-under-obamacare-raising-costs-concerns-for-opt-in-states/ "undefined") **Read next:** [_Birth Control Costs Nearly Halved After Obamacare, Study Finds_](http://time.com/3948649/birth-control-affordable-care-act/ "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3990439/uninsured-medicaid-obamacare/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3990439/uninsured-medicaid-obamacare/"},"headline":"Uninsured Rates Are Plummeting in These 7 States","datePublished":"2015-08-10T14:12:02.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T10:02:21.905Z","description":"Arkansas sees biggest drop in uninsured rate","url":"https://time.com/3990439/uninsured-medicaid-obamacare/","keywords":["Healthcare","States","pubdesk"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5fced3f1c12a2680/69885e78524fc03c9ddf3f3b/gettyimages-458901783.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Jack Linshi","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/jack-linshi/"}],"articleSection":"Business","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5fced3f1c12a2680/69885e78524fc03c9ddf3f3b/gettyimages-458901783.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Affordable Care Act Fair Draws Floridians As Enrollmnent Deadline Looms","caption":"Affordable Care Act Fair Draws Floridians As Enrollmnent Deadline Looms","creditText":"Joe Raedle—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/healthcare/","name":"Healthcare"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3990439/uninsured-medicaid-obamacare/","name":"Uninsured Rates Are Plummeting in These 7 States"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"TIME Explains: The Obamacare Exchange Marketplace","description":"The Obamacare Marketplace Exchange is open for busines. 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