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by ewoodrich 4420 days ago
>> I still want to know what happened to the other forty million uninsured.

Forty million? It was estimated at 23 million. Here is the breakdown of uninsured from Wikipedia:

Illegal immigrants, estimated at around 8 million—or roughly a third of the 23 million projection—will be ineligible for insurance subsidies and Medicaid.[121] [126] They will also be exempt from the health insurance mandate but will remain eligible for emergency services under provisions in the 1986 Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA).

Citizens not enrolled in Medicaid despite being eligible.[127]

Citizens not otherwise covered and opting to pay the annual penalty instead of purchasing insurance, mostly younger and single Americans.[127]

Citizens whose insurance coverage would cost more than 8% of household income and are exempt from paying the annual penalty.[127]

Citizens who live in states that opt out of the Medicaid expansion and who qualify for neither existing Medicaid coverage nor subsidized coverage through the states' new insurance exchanges.[125]