10 states with the biggest drop in uninsured rates

Medicaid expansion played a key role in providing Americans more coverage, with states that expanded the program yielding the highest reduction in uninsured rates from 2013 to 2016.

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Gallup data lists the following 10 states with the biggest drop in uninsured rates in the aforementioned time frame.

1. Kentucky: 12.6 percent
2. Arkansas: 12.3 percent
3. West Virginia: 11.5 percent
4. New Mexico: 11.2 percent
5. California: 11.1 percent
6. Oregon: 10.3 percent
7. Washington: 9.6 percent
8. Arizona: 9.4 percent
9. Montana: 9.4 percent
10. Louisiana: 9.2 percent

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