KFF February 13, 2025
Summary
Health coverage plays a major role in enabling people to access health care and protecting families from high medical costs. There have been longstanding racial and ethnic disparities in health coverage that contribute to disparities in health. This brief examines trends in health coverage by race and ethnicity from 2010 through 2023 and discusses the implications for health disparities. All noted differences between groups and years described in the text are statistically significant at the p<0.05 level. It is based on KFF analysis of American Community Survey (ACS) data for people under age 65. Key takeaways include:
There were gains in coverage across most racial and ethnic groups between 2019 and 2023 after several years of rising uninsured rates...
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