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Americans are more likely now than in early 2014 to say the Affordable Care Act has helped them (16% say this, up from 10%) or has hurt them (27%, up from 19%). A majority still say the law has had no effect.

The uninsured rate in the U.S. held at 13.4% in the third quarter of 2014, unchanged from the second quarter, but still down 3.7 percentage points since the fourth quarter of 2013.

In the U.S., LGBT adults are more likely than non-LGBT adults to be uninsured. LGBT adults are also more likely to lack a personal doctor and to report being unable to afford healthcare costs in the last year.

Read about which U.S. states have seen the largest drops in their uninsured rates, the link between student debt and lower well-being, Turks' views of Erdogan's job performance, and more in this week's review.

Arkansas and Kentucky lead all states in reported drops in their uninsured rates in 2014. The uninsured rates declined more in states that chose to expand Medicaid and set up their own marketplace exchanges than in states that have not.

Arkansas, Kentucky, and Delaware report the largest decrease in their uninsured rates since the beginning of the year. Gallup Editor-in-Chief Frank Newport shares that their secret to success is expanding Medicaid programs and engaging in a ...

The uninsured rate in the U.S. dropped to 13.4% in the second quarter of 2014 from 15.6% in the first quarter. This is the lowest rate recorded since Gallup and Healthways began tracking the percentage of uninsured Americans in 2008.

Five percent of Americans interviewed after the healthcare exchanges closed report being newly insured in 2014. More than half of that group, or 2.8% of all Americans, say they got their new insurance through the health exchanges.

Two-thirds of Americans are satisfied with the way the healthcare system in the U.S. is working for them, little changed since mid-March. Those without health insurance and Republicans have the lowest satisfaction levels.