- The percentage of Americans without health insurance increased to 12.3% in the third quarter.
- This is an increase of 0.6 percentage points from last quarter, and 1.4 points from a year ago.
- Gallup said the increase is in part due to "Congressional Republicans' attempts to replace" Obamacare.
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3.5 million more people are without health insurance since Trump was elected
The percentage of Americans without health insurance increased in the third quarter to 12.3% according to Gallup-Sharecare, up 1.4 points since Trump's win.
The percentage of Americans living without health insurance ticked up in the third quarter, according to a new Gallup-Sharecare poll.
12.3% of Americans are currently without insurance, an increase of 0.6 percentage points from the second quarter and up 1.4 percentage points from its historic low a year ago when President Donald Trump was elected.
According to Gallup, this is the highest the uninsured rate has been since the fourth quarter of 2014.
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While the increase seems small in terms of percentages, the raw number of people is still tremendous.
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The reasons for the rise in the number of uninsured are diverse ranging from insurer participation in the Obamacare exchanges to healthcare costs, according to a post from Gallup. The attempts by Trump and congressional Republicans to repeal and replace Obamacare also could having an impact.
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