Uninsured rate hits 'record low' — right before millions start losing medicaid coverage
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Roughly 7.7% of Americans didn’t have any health insurance as of this past March — a “record low” uninsured rate, according to the latest health insurance survey from the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention. However, that uninsured rate — which still translated to more than 25 million Americans with no health coverage — is almost certainly higher now. That’s because the
data don’t include the millions of low-income Americans who have lost the Medicaid coverage they gained during the pandemic. Congress passed a law in March 2020 that gave states extra
federal Medicaid funds, but states could only receive that money if they agreed to loosen eligibility requirements and keep more people enrolled. Changes in income or unfiled paperwork were
no longer valid reasons to remove someone from Medicaid while the public health emergency was in effect. STAT+ Exclusive Story Already have an account? Log in THIS ARTICLE IS EXCLUSIVE TO
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