The number of Americans without health insurance dropped to a record low of 25.3 million people, or 7.7% of the population, in the first three months of 2023, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Thursday.
The number of Americans without health insurance dropped to a record low of 25.3 million people, or 7.7% of the population, in the first three months of 2023, theThose numbers included record lows of 4.2% of children and 11% of working-age adults between 18 and 64 who had no health insurance between January and March, the federal agency found.
Nearly two-thirds of people under age 65 were covered by private health insurance and a little more than a quarter had public health coverage in the first three months of this year, the CDC reported.• The percentage of uninsured children remained relatively stable from January 2022 through March 2023.
Congressional expansion of continuous enrollment during the pandemic is the main reason the number of uninsured Americans hit an all-time low, said Pavani Rangachari, director of the health care administration program at the University of New Haven. Officials have estimated that the resumption of annual reviews could purge up to 14 million people from Medicaid coverage in coming months — including many who enrolled during the pandemic — for procedural reasons and due to fluctuations in household income.
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