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Jared Polis: “I know in my home State of Colorado, 16.5 percent of people lacked health care insurance before the Affordable Care Act…”

On the recordMarch 14, 2016
I know in my home State of Colorado, 16.5 percent of people lacked health care insurance before the Affordable Care Act, and last year, the number fell to 6.7 percent, a historic low.
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Jared Polis
Democratic · Colorado

Editor's note · Context

Polis highlights the reduction in uninsured rates in Colorado due to the ACA.

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