Uninsured rate drops to 11.5 percent

With millions of Americans' health insurance in jeopardy as the Supreme Court weighs a case against a key provision of the Affordable Care Act, a newly released government survey indicates that the rate of uninsured Americans has dropped to just 11.5 percent.

The National Health Interview Survey from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found that 16.3 percent of people younger than 65 were uninsured in 2014, whereas 20.4 percent were uninsured in 2013. Within that larger age group, the biggest drop occurred among adults ages 19-25, according to the CDC. For people of all ages, the uninsured rate was 11.5 percent, a 2.9 percentage point drop from the year before.