When the Affordable Care Act , also known as the ACA or Obamacare, was enacted in 2010, lawmakers hoped it would help reduce the number of uninsured Americans. That year, an estimated 48.2 million people – about 18% of the U.S. population under age 65 – did not have health insurance .

By 2023, the number of uninsured Americans had dropped by nearly 50% , to 25.3 million people under 65, or 9.5% of the total population.

I’m a gerontologist who studies the U.S. health care system . ACA health care subsidies are at the center of a now monthlong U.S. government shutdown . So I looked at the available data about ACA marketplace plan usage in Florida to understand how the debates in Washington could affect access to health care in the Sunshine State going forward.

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