The uninsured rate for 2017 held at 9.1 percent (more than 29 million people) despite attempts by President Donald Trump to dismantle the ACA, the Los Angeles Times reports.
Here's what you should know.
1. The uninsured rate didn't change from 2016.
2. The rate was 16 percent in 2010 when the ACA was implemented and has decreased since.
3. Republican advisor and health economist Gail Wilensky said, "Despite all the noise and despite the chain-rattling Republicans have done with their failed attempts at repeal, at the end of the day the number of uninsured has stayed flat. That's good news for the country, and it might turn out to be good news for Republicans when it comes time for the midterm elections."
4. Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Senior Health Policy Advisor Katherine Hempstead said the stagnation can be attributed to people valuing health insurance.
5. Despite the stagnant number, more middle-class Americans opted to go without insurance. In 2017, 8.2 percent of the middle class opted to drop their insurance. Uninsured rates also rose in states that did not expand Medicaid.