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ATLANTA — Over 8% of Americans did not have health insurance during the first months of 2024, according to new study published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, ending a streak of record-low uninsured rates following the pandemic.
An estimated 27.1 million Americans of all ages were uninsured through March, according to the quarterly figures published last week. The CDC publishes estimates on insurance coverage every three months based on results from the agency's National Health Interview Survey.
This increase amounts to 3.4 million more Americans who did not have health insurance during the first quarter of this year compared to the same time in last year, the CDC estimates, when around 7.7% of Americans were uninsured.
Future rounds of the data will give a better picture of how high the uninsured rate will rise this year. The increases so far are not large enough to be statistically significant, said Christy Hagen of the CDC's National Center for Health Statistics.
