US Uninsured Rate Rises to 8.2%, Affecting 27 Million People

Aug 6, 2024, 12:33 PM

The uninsured rate in the United States has risen to 8.2% as of March 2024, according to the CDC's latest quarterly estimates. This marks an increase from 7.7% a year earlier and breaks a streak of record-low uninsured rates below 8% over the past year. The Affordable Care Act has played a significant role in increasing access to health insurance coverage, but 27 million people, including 23 million working-age U.S. adults, still lacked health insurance as of 2022. Experts suggest that the rise in the uninsured rate may be due to the unwinding of pandemic enrollment protections in state Medicaid programs.