The State of Health Insurance Coverage in the U.S.

Commonwealth Fund November 21, 2024
Sara R. Collins, Avni Gupta

Findings from the Commonwealth Fund 2024 Biennial Health Insurance Survey

TOPLINES

Nearly one in four U.S. adults have health coverage all year but are underinsured, facing high out-of-pocket costs and deductibles that force many to skip needed care or take on medical debt

Up to one-third of people with chronic conditions like heart failure and diabetes say they skip medication doses or don’t fill their prescriptions because of the cost

Introduction

An estimated 26 million Americans, or 8 percent of the U.S. population, lacked health insurance in 2023.¹ While the United States still lags countries that have universal coverage, today’s uninsured rate represents a sea change from the years prior to the Affordable Care Act (ACA), when twice as many...

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