Late in June the U.S. National Center for Health Statistics released the results from their 2023 Health Insurance Coverage Survey.

Some highlights:

• 25 million people of all ages (7.6%) were uninsured (current population, 333 million). That compares to 50 million uninsured (out of 309 million) in March of 2010, when The Affordable Care Act (ACA) passed.
• Adults ages 18–64 were the most likely to be uninsured (10.9%), followed by children ages 0–17 years (3.9%) and adults age 65 and older (0.7%).
• 65% of people under 65 are covered by private insurance; 29% by Medicare, Medicaid, military, state employee and other public programs.

As reported by Bloomberg, “people without health insurance tend to be lower-income families and reflect disparities in racial and ethnic groups. Uninsured Hispanics declined by about 5% over the five-year study period. However, about one in four Hispanic adults still did not have health insurance coverage in 2023, the highest percentage of any racial group.” [NCHS Report HERE.]

And why is this front of mind?

Just looking for something positive to write about.

Slim pickings!!