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Ohio Democratic Party Celebrates Sixth Anniversary of
Obamacare
Special to The Truth
The Ohio Democratic Party in March celebrated the sixth
anniversary of President Barack Obama signing the Affordable
Care Act into law, with a news conference featuring Columbus
City Council President Pro Tempore Priscilla Tyson.
“There are many benefits to the Affordable Care Act, and
they are certainly worth celebrating,” said Tyson. “We must
stop fighting partisan battles over health care. There’s too
much at stake to go backward. Let’s focus on the future and
getting even more Ohioans covered.?
Here are the facts on how Obamacare has benefited our nation
and our state:
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Thanks to the ACA, 20 million previously uninsured
people had gained coverage prior to this year’s open
enrollment period
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The law has driven the uninsured rate below 10 percent –
for the first time since we started keeping records.
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Here in Ohio, more than 240,000 of our citizens signed
up and got covered through the ACA’s Health Insurance
Marketplace in the past two years.
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Through the ACA’s expansion of Medicaid, nearly 650,000
Ohioans have gained coverage through Medicaid and the
Children’s Health Insurance Program.
In addition, Obamacare is benefiting the African-American
community in the following ways:
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Last year, an estimated 6 in 10 uninsured African
Americans qualified for Medicaid, the Children’s Health
Insurance Plan (CHIP), or lower costs on monthly
premiums through the Health Insurance Marketplace.
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7.8 million African Americans with private insurance now
have access to preventive services like mammograms or
flu shots with no co-pay or deductible
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More than 500,000 African-American young adults between
the ages of 19 and 26 who would have been uninsured now
have coverage under their parents’ plan.
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2.3 million African Americans (ages 18-64) gained health
insurance coverage, lowering the uninsured rate among
African Americans by 6.8 percentage points.
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