Uninsured Americans Dropped by One-Quarter Over Five Years
More than 64% of people under the age of 65 were covered by private insurance last year, according to the US National Center for Health Statistics.
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The number of Americans without health insurance dropped by about a fourth from 2019 to 2023, US health researchers said, as the government tried to bolster coverage during and after the Covid-19 pandemic.
In 2023, 25 million Americans of all ages were uninsured, down from 33.2 million in 2019, according to preliminary survey results released Tuesday by the US National Center for Health Statistics. Children without health insurance also declined from 5.1% in 2019 to 3.9% last year.