Fierce Healthcare May 18, 2023
The number of uninsured individuals dropped slightly in 2022, with 8.4% or 27.6 million people of all ages in the U.S. falling into that category compared to 9.2% or 30 million in 2021, according to initial estimates from the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS).
The data, from surveys of 27,654 adults and 7,464 children taken throughout 2022, also show that 12.2% of adults aged 18 to 64 were uninsured, while 22% in that age group had public coverage, and 67.8% had private health insurance.
Among children from birth to 17 years old, 4.2% were uninsured, 43.7% had public coverage and 54.3% had private health insurance coverage.
The report found that among non-Hispanic white adults aged 18 to...
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