Jan. 23 (Bloomberg) — The percentage of adults without health insurance in the United States fell this month to the lowest level since the end of 2012 as the core provisions of Obamacare took effect, a Gallup poll found.

The uninsured rate dropped to 16.1 percent in the Jan. 2-19 poll, from 17.3 percent in December, according to the Gallup- Healthways Well-Being Index.

The ability to extend health care to most of the nation's 48 million uninsured will be a main measure of success for the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, known as Obamacare. The people benefiting most so far appear to be those who are unemployed, where Gallup said the uninsured rate fell 6.7 percentage points.

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