1.5% Of U.S. Uninsured Adults To Remain Uninsured In 2014 Due To PPACA Coverage Gap

About 1.5% of the 314 million United States population in 2013 is uninsured and likely to remain uninsured in 2014 because they fall into a Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (PPACA) coverage gap; they earn too much to qualify for Medicaid and not enough to qualify for health insurance premium subsidies. The 1.5% represents 4.8 million currently uninsured, childless, non-disabled and non-elderly (ages 19-64) adults earning less than 100% of the federal poverty level (FPL) of $11,490 for a single adult, who live in one of the 25 states that . . .