KFF December 12, 2024
Health insurance coverage is an important factor in making health care affordable and accessible to women.1 Women with health coverage are more likely to obtain needed preventive, primary, and specialty care services, and have better access to new advances in women’s health. Among the 97.5 million women ages 19 to 64 residing in the U.S., most had some form of coverage in 2023. Over the past decade, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has expanded access to affordable coverage through a combination of Medicaid expansions, private insurance reforms, and premium tax credits. However, while the uninsured rate has declined significantly in the past decade, gaps in private sector coverage, enrollment and eligibility barriers in publicly-funded programs, and persistent affordability challenges have...
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