Newly insured individuals who purchased health insurance plans on the exchanges are 12 percent less likely to report being in good health than those in the general population, according to a recent Gallup poll.
The data was based on interviews with more than 31,000 adults from April to June.
The poll revealed 50 percent of the general population reported being in "very good" or "excellent" health, compared with only 38 percent of the newly insured who purchased insurance on the exchanges.
The poll found 8 percent of the newly insured reported being in "poor" health, compared to only 5 percent in the general population.
The poll also revealed the majority of the newly insured who purchased insurance through the exchanges are age 49 and younger, with 29 percent being age 18 to 29 and 39 percent being age 30 to 49.
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