[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 3]
[Senate]
[Page 3887]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          AFFORDABLE CARE ACT

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, last Thursday a Gallup and Healthways survey 
revealed more good news about the ever-shrinking rate of uninsured 
Americans.
  Because of the Affordable Care Act, 91 percent of American adults now 
have health insurance. ObamaCare has been especially helpful to working 
Americans. For adults making less than $36,000, the uninsured rate has 
been cut by one-third. Ninety-two percent of Americans making between 
$36,000 and $90,000 a year now have health insurance.
  Every day more and more people who were previously without health 
insurance are now covered. That is especially true across racial and 
ethnic lines, where the uninsured rate is plummeting. According to this 
survey, ``across key subgroups, blacks and Hispanics have experienced 
the largest declines in their uninsured rates since the fourth quarter 
of 2013.''
  The numbers really bear that out. The uninsured rate for African-
Americans has dropped by more than 50 percent, and the uninsured rate 
for Hispanics has dropped by more than 25 percent. These are the facts. 
All across the Nation, our constituents are getting the health care 
coverage they were promised when Congress passed the Affordable Care 
Act.
  So I think it is time for our Republican colleagues to stop denying 
the evidence. The evidence is that ObamaCare is working for the 
American people.
  Mr. President, I see no one on the floor. I ask the Chair to announce 
the business for the remainder of the day.

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