Courtney: Second Congressional District Has the Lowest Uninsured Rate

Congressman Joe Courtney on Wednesday released updated Census Bureau numbers showing that for the second year in a row, the Second Congressional District has the lowest rate of uninsured and continues to show impressive progress further reducing the number of residents without health coverage.

Courtney lives in Vernon.

The Census Bureau reports that the number of uninsured in eastern Connecticut’s Second District stood at 3.6 percent in 2015, down from 4.7 percent in 2014, Courtney said.

Those are the latest figures available.

“These numbers are more impressive when compared to 2013 when the Connecticut health insurance exchange went live. At that time, the uninsured rate stood at 7.2 percent, which meant that thousands of residents – including children and working age adults were shut out of coverage due high costs and other barriers such as suffering from a preexisting condition," Courtney said.

The Second District now has the lowest number of uninsured of all five Connecticut congressional districts, and that is due in large part to the hard work of community volunteers at health centers, hospitals, libraries and senior centers who have helped so many to find coverage, he said.

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