The same states that are seeing the biggest increases in COVID-19 infections also have high rates of residents who don't have health insurance.
A CDC document obtained by the Washington Post revealed the differences between the delta variant and previous strains is that delta is highly contagious and likely more severe.cases surge across much of the United States and many vaccinated people return to indoor masking, a pattern appears to be emerging -- the same states that are seeing the biggest increases in COVID-19 infections also have high rates of residents who don't have health insurance.
"Florida is in the worst spot right now," said David Radley, a senior scientist for The Commonwealth Fund, a New York City-based foundation that promotes better access to quality health care."It has the highest emerging case rate and it has a high level of uninsured." "I think there are a lot of undercurrents that are driving high uninsured rates and the high case rate," Radley added.Having a high rate of uninsured residents is bad enough during normal times, experts say, but it's especially harrowing during a pandemic.
Compounding that delayed care is the fact that people who don't have health insurance are more likely to be in high-risk groups, Brownstein explained. He pointed to ahe worked on, which has not yet been published in a peer-reviewed journal, which found that"vaccine deserts have more residents with self-reported COVID-19 exposures and pre-existing conditions as well as more individuals who lack health insurance.
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