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 people — 49 million, or 16 percent of the population — lacked health coverage. In the wake of an election that could fundamentally alter health care priorities, the Commonwealth Fund presents findings from its Biennial Health Insurance Survey to describe the state of Americans’ health insurance coverage in 2024.
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Source: https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/surveys/2024/nov/state-health-insurance-coverage-us-2024-biennial-survey