Rural counties had higher uninsured rates from 2013-2016, but fared better in states that expanded Medicaid - Entrepreneur Generations

Change in percentage of uninsured under age 65 from 2013-2006
(U.S. Census Bureau map; click on the image to enlarge or click here for the interactive version) 

Though more Americans under 65 across the nation had health insurance form 2013 to 2016, rural areas still had higher rates of uninsured people, according to an illustrated survey of data from the U.S. Census Bureau, complete with an interactive county-level map.

The bureau compared residents in mostly urban counties (less than half the population lives in rural areas), mostly rural counties (in which more than half but not all the population lives in rural areas), and completely rural counties (in which everyone in the county lives in a rural area). Among the findings. Among the findings:

• About 12 percent of people in completely rural counties were uninsured, compared with 11 percent in mostly rural counties and 9.8 percent in mostly urban counties.
• Completely rural counties in states that expanded Medicaid had an 8.8 percent uninsured rate, compared with a 14.3 percent rate for completely rural counties in states that didn't expand Medicaid.
• In almost every county in the U.S., the percentage of people without insurance declined from 2013 to 2016.
• Most counties that saw an increase in uninsured residents had a significant population of Native Americans living on reservations.

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