Here are five notes:
1. In 2013, 20 percent of Kentucky residents did not have health insurance.
2. In 2014, only 7.5 percent of Kentuckians did not have health insurance.
3. Arkansas had a similar drop in the number of uninsured residents.
4. Despite the improvements, one-third of Kentuckians receive government subsidies.
5. The following states lead the nation in the number of insured residents: Massachusetts, Hawaii, Vermont, Rhode Island, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Connecticut and North Dakota.
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