Posted on 08/06/2024 8:26:22 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
The percentage of uninsured Americans rose to 8.2 percent in the first quarter of this year, according to survey findings published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Aug. 6.
The report estimated that 27.1 million Americans of all ages were without health insurance as of March this year, up from 25.5 million or 7.7 percent at the end of the previous year.
The percentage of uninsured people earning below the federal poverty level increased from 13.9 percent last year to 15.7 percent in the first quarter of 2024, the highest percentage among income levels.
Almost two-thirds (64.9 percent) of people under age 65 were covered by private health insurance and more than a quarter (27.7 percent) were covered by public health insurance in the first three months of 2023.
The number of people of all ages who enrolled in public health insurance plans decreased from 39.9 percent in the fourth quarter of 2023 to 39.2 percent this year, according to the CDC.
A report released by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) in June projected that the rate of uninsured Americans will increase to 8.9 percent over the next 10 years due to immigration, among other factors.
“The surge in immigration that began in 2021 (and that CBO projects will continue through 2026) will contribute to the increase as well, as those newly arrived immigrants will, the agency expects, be substantially less likely to have health insurance coverage than the overall population,” the report stated.
The CBO also attributed the rise in the uninsured rate to the end of a COVID-19 pandemic-era policy extending Medicaid eligibility and the expiration of enhanced marketplace subsidies.
The number of uninsured Americans aged between 18 and 44 is projected to see the largest increase over the next decade, according to the CBO report.
In March, President Joe Biden rolled back a Trump-era policy that expanded the availability of limited health insurance policies that are exempt from coverage requirements under the 2010 Affordable Care Act (ACA), also known as “Obamacare.”
These limited health insurance policies, commonly described as “short-term” policies and referred to by Biden as “junk health insurance,” provide a limited range of coverage for lower premiums.
Under President Barack Obama, individuals could be covered through these limited insurance plans for only three months.
In 2018, however, the Trump administration approved a new rule allowing people to obtain coverage under these limited policies for an initial period of 12 months, with the ability to extend the coverage for up to 36 months.
The Biden administration announced a rule that largely reverts to the Obama-era constraints, capping the duration of these limited insurance policies to three months with the ability to extend the policies for one additional month.
Because I used to have a nice High Deductible plan with a HSA that I paid $24 a week for a family plan with $6000 deductible. I was able to put $8000 a year pre-tax into my HSA and watch it grow.
Then the ACA hit and my company could no longer offer it.
So I know that in my case health insurance has gone up and certainly the availability of health care has gone down but how about the rest of you?
But, but, but…
This is impossible because obamacare.
Hmmm…. That’s almost exactly the same number of illegals here.
Coincidence?
“So I know that in my case health insurance has gone up and certainly the availability of health care has gone down but how about the rest of you?”
Every year the amount deducted by my employer for insurance increases. Also, I noticed the wait for an appointment with a specialist has increased.
I have observed that since Obamacare, the healthcare quality took a nosedive, but the costs skyrocketed.
Reading the header I assumed the article was going to be about the number of Americans driving without automobile insurance and getting away with it because of the ridiculous rate increases responsible drivers are being slammed with by insurance companies to cover the costs of claims involving these freeloaders who are not being arrested thanks to Soros-backed local prosecutors who have declared driving without insurance to be an “economic crime” which unfairly targets minorities and which is racist to prosecute so they won’t any longer. These miscreant freeloaders represent far more of a health risk to the population than any shortfall in available medical coverage does. Think about it the next time you jump on the interstate on a rainy day. In Florida alone it is estimated over 22 percent of drivers have no auto insurance coverage whatsoever and almost as many are without valid drivers license. Guess where they come from.
I had two employers the past few years
One took healthcare without my permission (2020)
The second did not, AFAIK (probably thanks to President Trump?)
No I didn’t have a plan either time
I must admit I wasn’t working when Democrats Obama and Joe Biden destroyed healthcare - I wanted to be.......
So grateful Obama saved my family with inferior medical care, and also jacked my rates by 250% approaching $30k annually.
But...but...but...Obama said......
and small, regional hospitals are suffering too.
Good catch.. they did say Americans but not country tizens.
However, ERs and healthcare in general are being flooded with non English speakers. So you and your family will be at the back of the line.
I will say… I can see why they would leave these places… Americas drug and pedophilia problem has not been kind to them. #SoundOfFreedom
Does any FReepers use the VA for their medical needs? I have insurance with my company, but am looking for a better solution so I can save some money.
Side note, I can retire now and the only thing holding me back in insurance. Plus I am only 63.
like NAFTA, obummercare is the gift that keeps on giving
It may depend upon your location.
My dad goes to the VA Tucson and they treat him like gold.
I thought Obamacare fixed this
Even though I had insurance, it was near impossible to find a doctor. Nearest one was a three hour drive and 7 months out for a new patient. It was easier, and cheaper, to leave the country and get what I needed. Obamacare and millions of illegals pushed to the head of line has destroyed our system.
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