Uninsured rates fall across, new census data show

Published 10:08 am Thursday, September 17, 2015

More Minnesotans have health insurance than ever before, according to new data from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Of those surveyed, 5.9 percent of Minnesotans reported being without health insurance in 2014, the fifth lowest rate in the nation. Between 2013 and 2014, the Bureau estimates 123,000 formerly uninsured Minnesotans obtained health insurance, leading to a 2.3 percentage point drop in the uninsured rate.

In 2013, the uninsured rate in Minnesota stood at 8.2 percent.

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