KFF March 15, 2024
During the three years of the pandemic, states maintained coverage for people enrolled in Medicaid. As a result of this continuous enrollment provision, the number of people enrolled in Medicaid increased. The result – in combination with enhanced premium subsidies in the Affordable Care Act marketplace – is that the number of people who were uninsured decreased and the uninsured rate dropped to historic lows. However, despite these improvements in coverage, 25.6 million nonelderly people remained uninsured in 2022 (Figure 1), and six in ten of the uninsured people are eligible for Medicaid (6.4 million or 25%) or subsidized plans (35%) in the Marketplace but are not enrolled in these programs. Among the remaining uninsured, 6% fall into the “coverage...
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