Millions of people became uninsured as Medicaid programs cut coverage, new data show

STAT August 6, 2024
Bob Herman

The national uninsured rate rose from 7.7% to 8.2% earlier this year, a result of states booting millions of Americans from their state Medicaid programs, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The 7.7% uninsured rate in 2023 was a record low at the time, but didn’t factor in any of the people who were losing their Medicaid coverage.

Overall, more than 27 million people had no form of health insurance as of March 2024, compared with more than 25 million people at the same time in 2023, the CDC reported Tuesday. The data come from the CDC’s quarterly National Health Interview Survey. More than 1 million working-age adults entered the ranks of the uninsured,...

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