Healthcare DIVE September 16, 2020
Dive Brief:
- Despite positive economic gains last year, the uninsured rate spiked in 2019 before the coronavirus pandemic further devastated the U.S. economy, according to new data from the U.S. Census Bureau.
- Almost 30 million Americans didn’t have health insurance coverage last year, up about 1 million from 2018, the data show. That’s about 9.2% of the U.S. population. It’s a continued decrease in coverage under the Trump administration, following gains after the passage of the Affordable Care Act about a decade ago.
- The census numbers don’t include the effects of the COVID-19 recession, which experts believe has thrown millions more Americans off their employer-sponsored insurance since March this year.
Dive Insight:
The report shows positive economic indicators...
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