Slightly more than 1 million of the 8.7 million people who became insured during the first full year of the Affordable Care Act were noncitizens, according to a New York Times analysis of data from 2014 enrollment. Hispanics represented the largest share of any racial or ethnic group insured through the new law, and made up 60 percent of newly insured noncitizens. More than 15 million previously uninsured people have gained health coverage since the implementation of the Affordable Care Act. Unauthorized immigrants are ineligible for enrollment.
- New York Times analysis of the Affordable Care Act in its first year
- U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (DHH) fact sheet on the Affordable Care Act
