Uninsurance rate among Asian Americans more than halved since the ACA

A new report from the Commonwealth Fund further shows how 2010's passing of the Affordable Care Act helped to narrow racial disparities in insurance coverage. This report, which focused on the ACA's impact on Asian Americans, found that about 1 in 5 Asian American adults ages 19-64 was uninsured in 2010, but that figure has now dropped to around 1 in 13. Asian Americans are now the least likely to be uninsured. Among this group, Korean Americans and Vietnamese Americans saw the biggest gains in insurance coverage over the past decade. And regardless of whether a state expanded Medicaid under the ACA, Asian Americans saw rates of health insurance increase more than white Americans.